Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow

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Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow

The Rev'd Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow OBE (born February 24, 1938 ) is a British Methodist clergyman and life peeress .

life and career

From 1958 to 1961 she was a teacher at the Hollingwood Secondary School in Chesterfield . With the Methodist Church she was from 1961 to 1964 Deaconess of Wesley. From 1973 to 1977 she was a pastoral minister for the Methodist Church of East Stevenage .

Richardson was a pastor in West Yorks from 1979 to 1986. From 1987 to 1995 she was chairman ( chairman ) of the West Yorks District Methodist Church . She was the first woman to serve as President of the Methodist Conference from 1992 to 1993. From 1995 to 1999 she was the moderator of the Free Churches Council and President of the Churches Together in England . Richardson was a moderator at the Churches Commission for Inter-faith Relations from 2000 to 2006. She is currently Vice President of the Council for Christians and Jews .

Membership in the House of Lords

Richardson was named a Life Peeress as Baroness Richardson of Calow , of Calow in the County of Derbyshire on August 3, 1998 . Her official introduction to the House of Lords took place on October 12, 1998. There she sits as a crossbencher . She gave her inaugural address on April 26, 1999.

She lists Church affairs and interreligious relations as topics of political interest on the House of Lords website.

She is currently leading a public inquiry into the death of Robert Hamill . In 2009 she did not vote.

  • 1997/1998 session: 1 * days (out of 228)
  • Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 56 days
  • Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 64 days
  • Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 55 days
  • Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 51 days
  • Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 36 days
  • Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 46 days
  • Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 56 days
  • Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 28 days
  • Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 11 days
  • Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 5 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 4 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 16 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 18 days
  • April 2011: 3 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 5 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 6 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 5 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 0 days (out of 1)
  • September 2011: 2 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 9 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 10 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 8 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 7 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 12 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 11 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 4 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 3 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 5 days (out of 13)
  • July 2012: 3 days (out of 16)

In the period from 2001 onwards, their attendance was rather irregular.

Honors

Richardson was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1996. In 2007 she became an honorary member of the Rotary Club in Southgate .

She has several honorary doctorates . The University of Bradford awarded her a Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt). She received a Doctorate in Law (Hon LLD) from the University of Liverpool . In 2000 she awarded the University of Birmingham with a Doctor of Divinity (Honorary Doctor of Theology ) (Hon DD).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 12 Oct 1998: Column 693 Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of October 12, 1998
  2. ↑ MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS minutes of the House of Lords of 12 October 1998
  3. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed December 13, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Kathleen, Baroness Richardson of Calow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richardson, Kathleen Margaret, Baroness Richardson of Calow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Methodist Clergyman and Life Peeress
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1938