Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

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Baroness Barker

Elizabeth "Liz" Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born January 31, 1961 ) is a British politician of the Liberal Democrats .

life and career

She attended Dalziel High School and the University of Southampton .

She was president of the Union of Liberal Students from 1982 to 1983. From 1983 to 1988 Barker was a project coordinator for the Opportunities for Volunteering program .

Barker worked for the Age Concern charity from 1983 to 2007 . From 1988 to 1992 she was Grants Officer there . From 1992 to 2007 she was a field officer and management consultant with Age Concern organizations in various parts of London.

She is the director ( head ) of Business Development, seethedifference.org , a consulting firm in the nonprofit sector since 2007. From 2010 to 2012 she was vice president of the Local Government Association .

In the Spare Tire Theater Company she is patron ( saint ). She is also a member of the Andy Lawson Memorial Fund's Trustee .

Political career

She joined the Liberal Party in 1979 . Barker was a member of the Union of Liberal Students from 1979 to 1983 . Also from 1982 to 1983 she was a member of the Liberal Party National Executive . From 1984 to 1997 she was a member of the Liberal Assembly Committee and from 1997 to 2003 the Federal Policy Committee . At the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference Committee she was from 1997 to 2004 chairwoman. She was one of The Future of Social Services Policy Working Group , the Freedom and Fairness for Women Policy Working Group , the Working Group - An Age of Opportunity , the It's About Freedom - Liberal Democracy Policy Working Group and in 2004 again the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive to .

From 2006 to 2007, Barker was Chair of the Policy Working Group on: Poverty and Inequality and from 2010 to 2011 of the Policy Working Group on The Future of the Voluntary Sector .

Membership in the House of Lords

Barker was named a Life Peeress as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland on July 31, 1999 . She gave her inaugural address at the House of Lords on October 19, 1999.

She mentions health, social services, aging and civil liberties as topics of political interest on the House of Lords website. She names India as a state of interest .

For the Liberal Democrats, she was spokeswoman for pensions from 2000 to 2002, for social services from 2000 to 2004 and for health issues from 2004 to 2010.

Since 2007 she has been Vice Chair of the People with Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis Group .

  • Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 86 days
  • Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 130 days
  • Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 125 days
  • Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 120 days
  • Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 115 days
  • Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 130 days
  • Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 140 days
  • Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 142 days
  • Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 127 days
  • Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 21 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 17 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 47 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 44 days
  • April 2011: 6 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 13 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 17 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 13 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 1 day (of 1)
  • September 2011: 8 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 17 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 18 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 12 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 14 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 14 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 16 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 5 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 13 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 13 days (out of 13)
  • July 2012: 16 days (out of 16)
  • August 2012: 0 days (from 0)
  • September 2012: 0 days (from 0)
  • October 2012: 16 days (from 16/17)

In the evaluated period from 2001 onwards, their attendance at meeting days was initially in the medium range, later in the regular range.

In October 2009 caused a sensation that she had been living in expenses for her alleged main residence for four years, even though she had lived in London for 20 years. She said she lived in Sussex but refused to give details.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  2. ^ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 9781870520959
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Baroness Barker Entry on the Liberal Democrats website , accessed March 20, 2013
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker on thepeerage.com , accessed August 16, 2015.
  5. ^ The London Gazette , August 6, 1999 edition of the London Gazette
  6. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed March 16, 2013
  7. ^ Sunday Times: “Liberal Democrat Baroness Barker silent on location of home” entry on the LibDemVoice website from October 18, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Barker, Elizabeth, Baroness Barker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barker, Elizabeth Jean, Baroness Barker (full name); Barker, Liz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Democrats
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1961