Debbie Coulter (née Allen, born 1960/1961) is a British former trade union leader.
Born in Egremont as Debbie Allen, she attended St Mary's Comprehensive School in Wallasey, then worked in office administration for various companies.
[1] Coulter found work at a tailors in Barnsley, and while there studied trade unionism at college.
In 1987, she began working full-time for the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW).
[1] In 2003, Coulter was elected as deputy general secretary of the GMB, the most senior role any woman had held in the union.