Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton

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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Sanderson of Welton
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Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson

(1971-05-24) 24 May 1971 (age 54)
Yorkshire, England
Political party Conservative
SpouseJames Franklin (m. 2005)

Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton (born 24 May 1971), [1] is a British political advisor and member of the House of Lords since 2019.

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Life

Born in 1971 on Humberside, a cousin of the Sanderson baronets, [2] Liz Sanderson pursued a career in journalism with the Mail on Sunday where she worked for 17 years, [3] before being appointed a Special Adviser and Head of Features to Theresa May (as Home Secretary then Prime Minister) from 2014 to 2019. [4] [5] [6]

Nominated as a Life Peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, [7] she was created Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 8 October 2019, [8] and then introduced to the House of Lords on 22 October 2019, [9] sitting on the Conservative benches. Lady Sanderson made her maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during a Lords debate on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (Phase 1 report). [3]

In September 2022, HMG appointed Lady Sanderson to chair an advisory panel for developing a new strategy for public libraries. [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elizabeth Sanderson". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ↑ www.burkespeerage.com
  3. 1 2 Baroness Sanderson of Welton (31 October 2019). "Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1044–1046.
  4. ↑ "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Goodman, Paul (5 September 2016). "The Conservative Research Department always wins. A guide to Downing Street's top team". Conservative Home. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Wallace, Mark (15 July 2016). "Meet the new team at Number Ten". Conservative Home.
  7. ↑ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "No. 62795". The London Gazette . 14 October 2019. p. 18368.
  9. ↑ "MPs and Lords - Parliamentary career for Baroness Sanderson of Welton". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Baroness Sanderson to help develop new public libraries strategy". gov.uk. 2 September 2022.
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