The Baroness O'Neill of Bexley | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2022 Life Peerage | |
| Councillor for Crook Log on Bexley London Borough Council | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1961 Camberwell,London |
| Political party | Conservative |
Teresa Ann Jude O'Neill,Baroness O'Neill of Bexley, OBE (born 18 July 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician,Leader of London Borough of Bexley,co-president of London Councils and previously Deputy Chair of the Local Government Association. [1]
In 2015,O'Neill was awarded an OBE for services to the community and local government. [2] In the 2022 Special Honours,it was announced that she would receive a life peerage. [3] On 7 November 2022,she was created Baroness O'Neill of Bexley,of Crook Log in the London Borough of Bexley. [4]
Born to David O'Neill and Bridget (Breeda) O'Neill in Camberwell,south London,Teresa had a career in finance and became a Councillor in Bexley in 1998. She has been Leader of the Council since 2008. [1] In September 2025,O'Neill announced that she would stand down as Leader of the Council in November,and would not stand for re-election in the May 2026 Bexley Council election,in order to focus on her work in the House of Lords. [5]
