Frances Done
Frances Done | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Youth Justice Board | |
| In office February 2008[1] – March 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Jack Straw |
| Preceded by | Graham Robb (Interim) |
| Succeeded by | Lord McNally |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 6, 1950 Bristol, England |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Frances Winifred Done, CBE, FCA (née Bishop; born 6 May 1950) is a British public administrator, accountant and former local politician.
Early life[edit]
She was born in Bristol[2] on 6 May 1950, one of the four daughters of the Labour politician Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston, PC, JP (1920–1984), and his wife, Winifred Mary, née Bryant, JP.[3][4]
Career[edit]
Done was educated at the University of Manchester, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in economics in 1971; she then began training as an accountant at KPMG.[2] In 1976, she was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.[3] In 1988, she returned to KPMG as a senior manager in their public sector department,[2] but in 1991 became Treasurer of the Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, serving until 1998 when she became Chief Executive.[3] In 2000, she became Chief Executive of Manchester 2002, which was responsible for organising that city's Commonwealth Games. When that role expired in 2003, she became managing director for Local Government, Housing and Criminal Justice at the Audit Commission (2003–06), which made her ultimately responsible for the commission's inspections of local government organisations. She then spent a year as Interim Director-General of the Royal British Legion for the year 2006–07.[5] She was then Chairman of the Youth Justice Board from 2008 to 2014, and has served as a Trustee of the Canal and River Trust (formerly the Waterways Trust) since 2003.[3] In 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government appointed her vice-chairman of the Birmingham Improvement Panel.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Fred Silvester | 18,329 | 39.2 | −8.1 | |
| Labour | Frances Done | 15,956 | 34.2 | −4.7 | |
| SDP | Bernard L. Lever | 12,231 | 26.2 | New | |
| Independent | Michael Gibson | 184 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 2,373 | 5.0 | -3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 46,700 | 72.3 | -2.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Honours[edit]
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Done was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to the XVII Commonwealth Games".[7]
Personal life[edit]
In 1981, she married the political broadcaster Jim Hancock and has two sons.[3][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Across the divide". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Manchester's powerhouse draws on the Sydney success story for a new legacy", The Independent, 8 September 2001. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Done, Frances Winifred", Who's Who 2017 (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, November 2016). Retrieved 16 November 2017
- ^ "Bishopston", Who Was Who (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, April 2014). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Birmingham improvement panel named (press release)", Department for Communities and Local Government, 22 January 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 2002 (no. 56797), p. 7.
- ^ Alan Travis, "Interview: Frances Done, chair of Youth Justice Board", The Guardian, 16 July 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2017.