My aunt Belinda Pyke, who has died aged 73, spent her life seeking to improve the lives of others. From her early trade union activities to her role as a senior official in the European Commission, and as an inexhaustible human rights campaigner, she poured the same passion, professionalism and commitment into everything she did.
In Brussels she worked in the cabinets of Stanley Clinton-Davis, European commissioner for transport (1985-89), Bruce Millan (regional policy, 1989-95), and Neil Kinnock, who was responsible for transport until 1999 then vice-president of the commission until 2004.
