Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

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The Baroness Barker
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Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
31 July 1999
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1961-01-31) 31 January 1961 (age 63)
Political party Liberal Democrats
Alma mater University of Southampton
OccupationPolitician

Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born 31 January 1961) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.

Barker was educated at Dalziel High School, a secondary school in Motherwell, Scotland. [1] She studied at the University of Southampton. [2]

Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007. She was created a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland , on 31 July 1999 [3] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise. [4]

Barker revealed in a speech to the House of Lords that she was in a same-sex relationship during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. [5] She has since become Patron of Opening Doors London, [6] a charity providing support for older LGBT people, and an Ambassador for the Albert Kennedy Trust.

Barker is Co-Chair [7] of both the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health [8] and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK [9] . In the House of Lords she also serves as Deputy Speaker (since April 2024), as Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector. [10]

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