- Aslef union leader Dicky Fisher, 62, is dating a train driver 19 years his junior
A regional boss for Aslef is dating a train driver 19 years his junior – just as the country is crippled by the rail union’s strikes.
Dicky Fisher, 62, has found love with Great Western driver instructor Kerry Cassidy, 43, who is a Labour councillor in Cornwall and also an aspiring MP.
Ms Cassidy confirmed that she and Fisher are in a relationship, and said she was looking forward to ‘spending the rest of my life with him’, The Sun reports.
District 6 organiser Mr Fisher, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, has been in his role for 11 years and earns around £90,000 a year.
On Thursday, the duo stayed at a Birmingham hotel ahead of an Aslef training weekend – checking in a day before most other delegates.

Aslef union organiser Dicky Fisher, 62, is dating a train driver 19 years his junior – just as the country is crippled by the rail union’s strikes

Fisher is now an item with Lisa Cassidy, 43, a train driver with Great Western railways and a Labour councillor in Liskeard, Cornwall

Ms Cassidy has aspirations to be a Labour MP and and has been pictured alongside Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner
Ms Cassidy said: ‘I’ve known him for about 15 years and yes we might have been together once before, which he confessed to his wife, but also he confessed to about another 20 years of affairs.
‘We’ve been at events together but separate hotel rooms, he doesn’t entertain me on the credit card.’
She added that she and Fisher were saving money by sharing a room in Birmingham on Thursday.
They were spotted walking in the city holding hands and returned to their hotel at 12.30am.
The couple are reported to have been together since last October.
In September, Mr Fisher split with his wife of 30 years Nancy, and he and Ms Cassidy officially became an item the following month.
A source told the Sun newspaper: ‘His wife feels deeply hurt and betrayed.
‘He’s led a double life and has been carrying on with Kerry while they’re both away on union business…’
Ms Cassidy works as instructor driver with Great Western Railway and is a woman’s report for District 7.
She is also a Labour councillor in Liskeard, Cornwall, and recently split from the town’s mayor Simon Cassidy.
Ms Cassidy has aspirations to be a Labour MP and and has been pictured alongside Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner.
Mr Fisher meanwhile, counts Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan and ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn among his friends.