Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman
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Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman , GBE PC (* 26. March 1949 in Wolverhampton as Helene Middle Week ) is a British politician . As a member of the Labor Party , she was a member of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979 . In 1996 she became a Life Peeress and a member of the House of Lords . From 2006 to 2011 she was Lord Speaker . In addition to politics, she worked on health issues, was a member of medical ethics committees and governing bodies at the National Health Service and charity organizations .
biography
Helene Hayman was born in 1949 to Maurice and Maude Middleweek. She attended Wolverhampton Girls' High School and studied law at Newnham College of the University of Cambridge . She graduated in 1969 and was President of the Cambridge Union Society that same year . From 1969 to 1971 she worked for the aid organization Shelter and from 1971 to 1974 for the Social Services Department in the London Borough of Camden . In 1974 she became Deputy Director of the National Council for One-Parent Families .
She married businessman and bank manager Martin Heathcote Hayman in 1974 . They have four sons together.
Membership in the House of Commons
In February 1974 she entered the general election for the constituency of Wolverhampton South West . In the following general election in October 1974, it was for the constituency of Welwyn and Hatfield in the House of Commons voted. When she was elected, she was the youngest member of the House of Commons ( Baby of the House ) until the election of Andrew Mackay in 1977. She lost her seat to Christopher Murphy , the candidate of the Conservative Party , in the 1979 general election with a narrow result .
Further career
Hayman was a founding member and from 1979 to 1985 spokeswoman for the Maternity Alliance . From 1985 she was a member of the Bloomsbury Health Authority and from 1988 to 1992 its Vice-Chair . In 1991/1992 she was Chair of the Bloomsbury and Islington District Health Authority . She was a member of the Ethics Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists from 1982 to 1997 and of the Ethics Committee of University College London and University College Hospital from 1987 to 1997 , of which she was Vice-Chair from 1990 to 1997 . From 1992 to 1997 she was a member of the Council of University College London and Chair of the NHS Trust at Whittington Hospital .
Membership in the House of Lords
Hayman was raised to Life Peeress on January 2, 1996 as Baroness Hayman , of Dartmouth Park in the London Borough of Camden . She gave her inaugural address at the House of Lords on January 17, 1996. She lists health and education as her political interests in her parliamentary biography on the website of the House of Lords . From 1996 to 1997 she was the opposition spokeswoman for health issues in the House of Lords. After the Labor Party , the general election in 1997 had won, she was from 1997 to 1998 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State ( Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ) in the Ministry for the Environment, Transport and the Regions ( Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions ) and from 1998 to 1999 in the Department of Health before being appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in July 1999 . In 2001 she became a member of the Privy Council . In the same year she resigned her ministerial office to become chairman ( chairman ) of Cancer Research UK . It stayed that way until 2004/2005.
She was a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (2004/2005) and the Lords Constitution Committee (2005/2006).
In May 2006, after the Office of Speaker of the House of Lords was separated from the Office of Lord Chancellor by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 , she was one of nine candidates for the new role of Lord Speaker . She was nominated as a candidate by Elizabeth Symons and supported by John Walton . Her narrow victory in the election was announced on July 4, 2006 and she became the first Lord Speaker. On the occasion of her election, Tom McNally , leader of the House of Lords Liberal Democrats , called her the " Julie Andrews of British Politics". Baroness Haymann did not run for a second term and accordingly resigned from the office of Lord Speaker at the end of her term on August 31, 2011. She was succeeded by Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza .
Other offices
Hayman was the Chair of Governors at Brookfield School . From 2002 to 2004 she was Chair of the Review Committee of Privy Counselors of the Anti-terrorism for the Crime and Security Act . In 2005 she became Chair of the Human Tissue Authority . Hayman was a member of the Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 2002 to 2006 and of the Tropical Health and Education Trust from 2005 to 2006. She was also a member of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority from 2005 to 2006 .
Honors
In the New Year's ceremonies in 2012 she was awarded the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helene Valerie Middleweek, Baroness Hayman on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
- ↑ Results of the election of the Lord Speaker (PDF; 90 kB)
- ↑ Hayman chosen to be Lords speaker BBC News, July 4, 2006
- ^ The Right Honorable Helene Valerie, Baroness Hayman. For services to the House of Lords. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Announcement in: London Gazette of December 31, 2011
Web links
- Helene Hayman at Hansard (English)
- The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman, PC biography at Debretts
- Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman at theyworkforyou
- Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman Official website of the House of Lords
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayman, Helene, Baroness Hayman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Middleweek, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and Lord Speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolverhampton |