Cynthia Payne through by standing for Parliament as a candidate for the Payne and Pleasure Party in the Kensington by-election in July 1988, followed by her standing in her own area of Streatham for the Rainbow Dream Ticket in the 1992 UK General Election. She did not gain a parliamentary seat. There are two films that are loosely based on her life, both released in 1987: "Wish You Were Here", about her adolescence, with Emily Lloyd in the lead role, and "Personal Services", about her adult life, starring Julie Walters. Both were written (and "Wish You Were Here" was directed) by David
Christine Payne 40,000 in 2015, while the union claims that its finances have stabilised during the period. She serves on the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Actors, the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, the board of Phonographic Performance Limited, and chairs the Creative Coalition Campaign. Payne was re-elected unopposed as general secretary in 2015, and is expected to lead the union until at least 2020. Christine Payne Christine Grace Payne (born 30 December 1956) is an English trade union leader. Payne graduated from Loughborough University and studied industrial relations at Middlesex Polytechnic. In 1979, she began working for