and from 1975–76, she became chair of the Greater London Council. She retired from the Greater London Council in 1977 and was created a life peer as Baroness Denington, of Stevenage in the County of Hertford, on 10 July 1978. Death/legacy She and her husband retired to Hove and they had no children. She died of heart failure on 22 August 1998 in Brighton, aged 91. Evelyn Denington Road in Newham, London was named in her honour. References External links "Evelyn Denington, a personal appreciation" (tribute) The Peerage.com profile 1907 births 1998 deaths Schoolteachers from London Labour Party (UK) life peers Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire People from Woolwich People from Stevenage Members of London County Council Councillors in the London Borough of Camden Councillors in the London Borough of Islington Members of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London Alumni of Bedford College, London People educated at Blackheath High School 20th-century British women politicians Women councillors in England Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II