Bryan Stanley

Bryan Capewell Stanley (3 May 1926 –19 July 2009) was a British trade union leader.

Born in Walsall (on the first day of the General Strike), and educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Stanley left school at 14.

Although on the right of the Labour Party, Stanley declined an offer from Shirley Williams to defect to the Social Democratic Party, instead working to oppose the left within the party. In 1981, he convened the St Ermin's group of anti-militant trade union leaders, which aimed to co-ordinate their votes to win control of the Labour Party. He was not able to prevent the privatisation of British Telecom, and retired in 1986, but took up a post on the Industrial Tribunals panel.

In 1990, Stanley was elected as a councillor in Hertsmere, and in 1996, he became leader of the council. He worked to purchase Elstree Studios for the borough, and was Mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood in 1997.

He was married with two children.