Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews

Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews

Elizabeth Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews OBE (* 16th May 1943 ) is a British politician of the Labor Party and Life Peer .

Life

Andrews was born in May 1943 to Clifford and Louisa Andrews. She attended the Lewis School for Girls in Hengoed and then studied international politics at the University College of Wales .

She closed her 1964 bachelor -Studies at Bangor University from. Between 1968 and 1970 she was a Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit .

In Sussex , she graduated with a Masters of Arts in political sociology and in 1975 with a PhD in philosophy in history and social science studies.

From 1970 to 1985 she worked in the Parliamentary Administration as a Parliamentary Clerk in the Research Department.

Then she was from 1985 to 1992 political advisor to the then opposition leader Neil Kinnock .

In 1992 she was the founder of Education Extra , a charity organization for extracurricular education and was its director until 2002.

Andrews left the government in July 2009 and became the first woman chair of English Heritage on July 27, 2009. Therefore, she left the Labor Group at the same time and is now an Independent in the House of Lords.

She is also the Chair of the Foundations Independent Living Trust and Vice President of the National Parks Association . She also published other books.

Membership in the House of Lords

Andrews was appointed Life Peer on May 9, 2000 as Baroness Andrews , of Southover of Southover, County of East Sussex . On June 23, 2000, she gave her inaugural address. On the website of the House of Lords, she lists education and social policy, international development, cultural policy and science policy as topics of political interest. She names the states of Latin America as states of interest .

In the House of Lords , she was Parliamentary Secretary ( Government Whip ) and Government Spokesperson for Education, Health, Labor and Pension Issues from May 2002 to May 2005 . Afterwards she was Parliamentary Undersecretary of State of the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2005 to 2009. She speaks regularly, often on issues relating to education and youth.

• Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 107 days
• Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 146 days
• Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 142 days
• Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 136 days
• Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 72 days
• Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 81 days
• Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 96 days
• Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 101 days
• Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 108 days
• Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 20 days
• Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 16 days
• Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 43 + 2 days
• Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 40 + 1 days
• April 2011: 3 days (out of 7)
• May 2011: 12 days (out of 15)
• June 2011: 16 days (out of 17)
• July 2011: 12 days (out of 13)
• August 2011: 1 day (of 1)
• September 2011: 7 days (out of 8)
• October 2011: 16 days (out of 18)
• November 2011: 17 days (out of 18)
• December 2011: 11 days (out of 13)
• January 2012: 11 days (out of 14)
• February 2012: 13 + 1 days (out of 14)
• March 2012: 15 + 2 days (from 17)
• April 2012: 5 days (out of 5)
• May 2012: 12 days (out of 13)
• June 2012: 12 days (out of 13)
• July 2012: 14 days (out of 16)
• August 2012: 0 days (from 0)
• September 2012: 0 days (from 0)
• October 2012: 16 days (from 16/17)

Your presence on meeting days fluctuates widely in the medium to regular range.

family

She was married to Professor Roy MacLeod from 1970 to 1992 , the marriage ended in divorce.

Honors

Andrews was inducted into the Order of the British Empire in 1998 for her service in education.

Publications

• The Government of Science , Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972, ISBN 978-0297995012 (as editor with JBPoole )
• Punishing the Poor: Poverty Under Thatcher , Macmillan, 1990, ISBN 978-0333487211 (with John Jacobs)
• Good Practice & Policy for After School , Financial Times Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 978-0273616283

Web links

• Elizabeth Andrews at Hansard (English)
• Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews at theyworkforyou
• Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews at The Public Whip
• Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews Official website of the House of Lords
• The Baroness Andrews, OBE - biography at Debretts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Elizabeth Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Baroness Andrews  ( 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. Entry at UN-Habitat , accessed on March 23, 2013  
3. ↑ Baroness Kay Andrews of Southover Entry on The Honeyball Buzz website , accessed March 23, 2013
4. ↑ Baroness Andrews and Iain Wright 'leave Government' in DCLG shake-up  ( 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. Article on dash.com website dated June 9, 2009  
5. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed March 16, 2013