Derek Draper’s Wife: Meet Kate Garraway

Derek Draper was an English political advisor and lobbyist, born in Chorley, Lancashire in 1967. He attended Southlands High School until 1984, then Ranshaw College and the University of Manchester. Derek Draper provided hospitality to Ken Livingstone, who was astonished to find a poster of Labour Party deputy leader Roy Hattersley in his student room. He met Charlotte Raven, with whom he was romantically involved. Draper began his political career in 1990 as the constituency secretary for Nick Brown.

In 1992, he worked as a researcher for Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson. In 1996, he became a director of GPC Market Access, which later set up the New Labour organization Progress with Liam Byrne. Draper worked as the Political Editor of the Modern Review, a columnist for the Daily Express, and a presenter on Talk Radio UK. He was involved in two political scandals, “Lobbygate” in 1998 and again in 2009 while editing the LabourList website. Derek Draper was a psychotherapist and the author of two books, Blair’s 100 Days and Life Support. He contracted COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic in March 2020 and became seriously ill with an exceptionally serious case of long-term COVID-19.

Derek Draper’s Wife: Meet Kate Garraway

Kate Garraway, born Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway is an English broadcaster and journalist who gained fame in the 1990s and also as the wife of Derek Draper. She began her career as a production journalist, reporter, and news presenter for ITV News Central and later co-presented ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV and currently hosts Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway on Smooth Radio.

Garraway’s career began in 1989 when she joined the South edition of ITV News Central. In 1996, she became co-presenter of the South East edition of ITV News Meridian. In 1998, she joined Sunrise on Sky News with Martin Stanford. In 2000, she joined GMTV, co-presenting GMTV Today with Andrew Castle, and later shared presenting duties with Fiona Phillips and Emma Crosby. In 2009, she co-hosted GMTV with Ben Shephard, presenting on Mondays, Tuesdays, and alternate Wednesdays.

During her time at GMTV, Garraway presented The Biggest Loser for ITV and was a regular panelist on Wall of Fame. In 2010, she became entertainment editor of Daybreak on ITV Breakfast and took over as the main presenter on an interim basis. In 2012, Lorraine Kelly became the permanent replacement for Christine Bleakley, and Garraway signed a new contract to present each Friday in Kelly’s absence.

In 2014, Daybreak was canceled and replaced with Good Morning Britain, but Garraway no longer continued to present Kelly’s show on Fridays. She hosted her final Daybreak and Lorraine shows before joining Good Morning Britain in April 2014. Garraway became interim main presenter on ITV Breakfast when Ben Shepherd cut his appearances to just two, hosting four times a week until Piers Morgan joined the show later that year.

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