Beryl Keen
BERYL Keen, one of Oxford’s former Lord Mayors, has died.
The Labour Party stalwart was a city councillor for 20 years, representing the Cowley and Iffley areas, before she stepped down from office in 2006.
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She was appointed Lord Mayor in May 1996 and was Lady Mayoress when her husband Bryan Keen served as Lord Mayor in 2004-2005.
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Mrs Keen started out as a councillor for the Iffley ward in 1986.
Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds tweeted that Mrs Keen ‘helped innumerable people right across Oxford.’
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