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 | (1950-05-06)May 6, 1950 (age 75) |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Frances Winifred Done,CBE,FCA (néeBishop; born 6 May 1950) is a British public administrator, accountant and former local politician.
She was born in Bristol[2] on 6 May 1950, one of the four daughters of theLabour politicianEdward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston,PC,JP (1920–1984), and his wife, Winifred Mary,née Bryant, JP.[3][4]
Done was educated at theUniversity of Manchester, graduating with aBachelor of Arts degree (BA) in economics in 1971; she then began training as an accountant atKPMG.[2] In 1976, she was appointed a Fellow of theInstitute 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 theRochdale 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 organisingthat city's Commonwealth Games. When that role expired in 2003, she became managing director for Local Government, Housing and Criminal Justice at theAudit 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 theRoyal British Legion for the year 2006–07.[5] She was then Chairman of theYouth Justice Board from 2008 to 2014, and has served as a Trustee of theCanal and River Trust (formerly the Waterways Trust) since 2003.[3] In 2015, theDepartment 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
In the2003 New Year Honours, Done was appointed a Commander of theOrder of the British Empire "for services to the XVII Commonwealth Games".[7]
In 1981, she married the political broadcasterJim Hancock and has two sons.[3][8]