Sal Brinton, Baroness Brinton

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Sal Brinton, Baroness Brinton

Sarah Virginia ("Sal") Brinton, Baroness Brinton (born April 1, 1955 in London ) is a British politician ( Liberal Democrats ).

life and career

Education and career

Brinton was born in Paddington , London, as one of three children . She has two younger half-sisters. Her father was the Conservative MP Timothy Brinton . Shortly before his death, she also commented on his dementia . Brinton attended Benenden School , a private girls' school in Benenden in the county of Kent .

From her school she received a scholarship to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London , where she attended the stage management course. After a stage accident that resulted in a back injury, Brinton gave up his studies, took a course for secretaries and started as a production secretary at BBC Radio 3 . She later joined the Department BBC Radio Drama and worked from the mid-1970s as a stage manager and production manager for the BBC -Television (BBC Television), including in series such as the children's series Play School , the sports series Grandstand and the television series Doctor Who .

Brinton moved to Cambridge in the early 1980s . She studied English literature at Churchill College of Cambridge University and graduated in 1981 as an undergraduate from.

After graduating, she became a director ( manager ) of New Cambridge Research Company Limited and Newmarket Venture Capital Limited , two venture capital firms. Over the course of her career, she has worked in various fields as an investment advisor and as a venture capital advisor, including Cambridge Venture Management Limited , Cambridge Venture Capital Limited and Syndicated Properties ; she worked as a venture capital manager for companies in the technology sector and in the construction industry . The firms were often spin-off projects from the University of Cambridge ; Brinton was also the Director of St John's Innovation Center .

From 1992 to 1997 she was Treasurer ( Bursar ) of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge . From 1997 to 2002 she was Treasurer of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.

Between December 1998 and December 2004 was a member of the Supervisory Board ( Board ) of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA); from 2001 to 2004 she was Deputy Chair there . From 2000 to 2006 she was Chair of the Cambridgeshire Learning and Skills Council

Currently (as of July 2012) she is the non-executive director of the University for Industry ( Learndirect ), a non-profit organization for online educational offers and online courses, and a member of the trustee of the Ufi Charitable Trust . She is also a director and member of the trustee of Christian Blind Mission UK Ltd

Brinton is the owner of her own consultancy; she works as a freelance consultant, focusing on the areas of training and qualification.

politics

In 1993 she became a Councilor ( Councilor ) of the County Council ( Cambridgeshire County Council ) in the county of Cambridgeshire ; she held this office until 2004. From 1997 to 2004 she was chairman of the Liberal Democrats (Leader, Liberal Democrat Group). In the 1997 general election and the 2001 general election , she ran unsuccessfully for the constituency of South East Cambridgeshire . For the Watford constituency , she entered, also unsuccessfully, in the 2005 general election and the 2010 general election .

Brinton is considered a staunch opponent of the Iraq war . She criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair for his Iraq policy; with regard to international law admissibility, she agreed with Hans Blix that Great Britain had no legal basis to intervene. Brinton supported the Palestinian aspirations for political independence and was a supporter of a so-called two-state solution. She demanded that Israel respect human rights and adhere to the UN resolutions . In the election campaign for the 2010 general election, she received support from several Muslim groups, among other things because of her work for the independence of Palestine, who called on voters to vote for Brinton. She planned to run again in the next general election.

Party offices

Brinton held numerous party offices: From 1993 to 1997 she was a member of the national, state-wide working group of the Liberal Democrats on the subjects of education, training and learning (Education, Skills and Learning). She was a member of the Federal Conference Committee from 2004 to 2008 ; Since 2010 there is again a member and since 2010 also Deputy Chairman ( Vice-Chair ). She was also a member of the Federal Policy Committee (2004-2008); She held the vice-chair there from 2006 to 2008. From 2010 she will be a member again. She has also been a member of the Schools Working Group since 2008 .

In November 2014, Brinton won the election for party president against Liz Lynne and Daisy Cooper . She took up the post as the successor to Tim Farron at the beginning of 2015. After party leader Jo Swinson lost her parliamentary seat in the general election in December 2019 and subsequently resigned, Brinton, together with party vice Edward Davey , temporarily took over the leadership of the Liberal Democrats. Brinton's term as party president ends at the end of 2019, with Mark Pack elected as his successor . [outdated]

Membership in the House of Lords

In November 2010 she was nominated for the House of Lords , her appointment as a Life Peer took place on February 4, 2011 as Baroness Brinton, of Kenardington in the County of Kent . The official launch took place on February 10, 2011 with the support of Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia and Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market . She gave her inaugural speech on March 3, 2011 on International Women's Day .

On the website of the House of Lords, she mentions education and economic development as topics of political interest.

Brinton is regularly present on meeting days.

Awards

In 1997 she received the East Anglian Entrepreneurial Businesswoman of the Year Award in recognition of her work as Treasurer of Lucy Cavendish College . In 2003, Brinton was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy ( PhD ) from Anglia Ruskin University in recognition of her services to education, training and learning . She is a Fellow of Selwyn College .

family

She is married and lives in Watford with her husband Tim . Both are active members of St Luke's Church .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In full: New members of the House of Lords article on BBC News of November 19, 2010
  2. ↑ Baroness Brinton Entry on the Liberal Democrats website , accessed July 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Tim Brinton article in: The Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2009
  4. ↑ Churchillians in 2011 - public appointments and awards  ( 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. → House of Lords (Official website of Churchill College Cambridge)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.chu.cam.ac.uk  
  5. ↑ a b c d e Sal Brinton  ( 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. Vita ( The Daily Telegraph ); last accessed on July 21, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk  
  6. ↑ a b c Views of Lib Dem's Sal Brinton on Foriegn Policy ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview with YouElect , accessed July 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / youelect.org.uk
  7. ^ Watford: A three-way fight between the parties for a key election marginal article in The Guardian, April 18, 2010
  8. ↑ Watford candidates attack 'shameful' leaflets article in: Watford Observer of April 29, 2010
  9. ↑ Lib-Dem Sal Brinton Puts Watford Muslims To Shame! ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee dated April 9, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mpacuk.org
  10. ^ Liberal Democrat Sal Brinton to fight on after General Election defeat Article of the Watford Observer of May 12, 2010
  11. ^ Lib Dems-elect Baroness Brinton as new party president. BBC News, November 29, 2014, accessed December 18, 2019. (English)
  12. ↑ Leader of the Liberals loses seat in the lower house and resigns. Spiegel Online , December 13, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  13. ^ Mike Dixon: Meet our new party president. Press release on the party's website dated December 14, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019.
  14. ↑ Party donors and political apparatchiks appointed working peers Article in: The Guardian, November 19, 2010
  15. ^ House of Lords: Members' expenses Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of February 10, 2011
  16. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed July 14, 2012
  17. ^ Sal Brinton Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, 2003 Vita and Announcement (official website of Anglia Ruskin University ); last accessed on July 21, 2012
  18. ↑ About Sal ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on Sal Brinton's website, accessed July 14, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salbrinton.org
personal data
SURNAME Brinton, Sal, Baroness Brinton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brinton, Sarah Virginia, Baroness Brinton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Democrats
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England, UK