Claire Warren obituary

My mother-in-law, Claire Warren, who has died aged 89, was a Labour councillor in Bristol for 20 years, and in 1994 was made lord mayor of the city. She was also an ambassador for Bristol, a school governor and a trustee of the Bristol Old Vic. She was made an honorary alderman of the city in 2006.Born in the city, she was one of the seven children of Ted White, a plasterer, and his wife, Mabel (nee Flood), a factory worker. After attending St Mary on the Quay Catholic school she joined the Labo