Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton

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Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton

Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton , OBE , DL (born January 16, 1953 in Farnworth ) is a British politician and member of the House of Lords .

Patricia Morris was a candidate for the Conservative Party in the 1992 general election in the constituency of Oldham Central and Royton , but was not elected as a MP. From 1999 to 2001 she worked as an advisor to members of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament . From 2001 to 2005 she was a deputy party leader of the Conservative Party with the responsibility of looking after parliamentary candidates. 2004 Patricia Morris was entitled Baroness Morris of Bolton , of Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester, as a life peer in the House of Lords was added and took over as parliamentary secretary (Whip) the Conservative leadership for the party in the House of Lords. She gave up this role in 2010. From 2004 to 2010 she was the shadow minister and spokesperson for the field of “women” and from 2005 to 2010 also for “children, school and family”. Patricia Morris has been a deputy spokeswoman for the House of Lords since 2011.

Political opinions

In the fall of 2004 shortly after her admission to the House of Lords, Patricia Morris commented on the Hunting Act 2004 , a very controversial law on fox hunting . On the one hand, she described herself as an animal rights activist, but on the other hand she also confessed to the parforce hunt, which the Burns Inquiry classified as cruel .

As the Conservative Party leader for women's policy, she supported Elizabeth Truss , who had been nominated as a Conservative candidate in the constituency of South West Norfolk and whose nomination was to be withdrawn when a hitherto little known extramarital relationship became known to the general public. She named this reason given as no longer appropriate for the time.

Activities outside of politics

From 1998 to 2004 Patricia Morris was a member of the Advisory Board for the Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey . She is the President of the National Benevolent Institution and a trustee for UNICEF in the UK.
In November 2009 she was appointed first female chancellor of Bolton University with effect from January 1, 2010 for a period of three years .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House of Lords Debate October 12, 2004 , Hansard vol. 665 cc 124 - 260
  2. ^ House of Lords Debate October 26, 2004 , Hansard vol. 665 cc 1175-216
  3. ↑ Greatest animal lovers in: Manchester Evening News , October 14, 2004
  4. ↑ Having an affair 'not a barrier to being MP' says shadow women's minister in: The Daily Telegraph , Nov. 7, 2009. Elizabeth Truss won the constituency for the Conservative Party in the next election

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SURNAME Morris, Patricia, Baroness Morris of Bolton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Patricia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Farnworth