Joan Lestor (13 November 1931 – 27 March 1998), known as Baroness Lestor of Eccles from 1997, was a Labour Party politician. Born in Vancouver, Canada, she was the daughter of Charles Lestor, a journalist, actor, and Esther, a textile worker and union activist. The family moved to the United Kingdom when she was five years old. She died aged 66 at the Trinity Hospice, Clapham, from motor neurone disease.