Beatty Orwell obituary

Beatty Orwell in front of the mural in Cable Street, east London, where she stood against Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts in 1936 Photograph: none

My mother, Beatty Orwell, who has died aged 105, became interested in politics in her teenage years, taking a stand against Oswald Mosley and the fascist Blackshirts at the battle of Cable Street in 1936. She joined the Labour party in 1950 and later became a mayoress and councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London.

At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Labour party and last year on her birthday received cards and flowers from Keir Starmer and Tony Blair.