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{{Short description|British academic and Liberal Democrat politician}}
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| honorific-prefix =[[The Right Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix =[[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Baroness Northover
| name = The Baroness Northover
| honorific-suffix = PC
| honorific-suffix = [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]]
| image = Baroness Northover (cropped).jpg
| image = Official portrait of Baroness Northover crop 2, 2022.jpg
| caption = Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover (June 2014)
| caption = Official portrait, 2022
| office= [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for International Development]]
| office= [[Department for International Development|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development]]
| term_start = 2014
| term_start = 4 November 2014
| term_end =
| term_end = 7 May 2015
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]]
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]]
| predecessor = Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone
| predecessor = [[Lynne Featherstone]]
| successor =
| successor = [[Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma|The Baroness Verma]]
|office1 = [[Baroness-in-waiting]]<br>[[Government Whip]]
|primeminister1 = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start1 = 11 May 2010
|term_end1 = 4 November 2014
|predecessor1 = [[Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton|The Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton]]
|successor1 = [[Nick Bourne|The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]]
|office2 = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br>[[Lord Temporal]]
|term_start2 = 10 May 2000<br>[[Life Peerage]]
|term_end2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|8|21|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|8|21|df=y}}
| birth_name = Lindsay Patricia Granshaw
| birth_name = Lindsay Patricia Granshaw
| occupation = Politician <br> Academic
| occupation = Politician <br> Academic
| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]]
| party = [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]]<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]]
}}
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'''Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover''', (born 21 August 1954; née '''Granshaw''') is a [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.<ref>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development</ref>
'''Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover''', (born 21 August 1954; née '''Granshaw''') is a [[United Kingdom|British]] academic, [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] politician, member of the [[House of Lords]], and former junior government minister.


==Early life==
==Early life==
The daughter of Charles and Patricia Granshaw, Northover was born on 21 August 1954. She was educated at [[Brighton and Hove High School]], an [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent school]] for girls in Brighton. She went on to study at [[St Anne's College, Oxford]], where in 1976 she graduated [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[modern history]] (later promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]]). She received an English-Speaking Union Scholarship and a Mrs Giles Whiting Fellowship to study at [[Bryn Mawr College]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania]], receiving an examined [[Master of Arts]] degree in 1978 and graduating as a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in the [[history and philosophy of science]] in 1981.
The daughter of Charles and Patricia Granshaw, Northover was born on 21 August 1954. She was educated at [[Brighton and Hove High School]], a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]] for girls in Brighton. She went on to study at [[St Anne's College, Oxford]], where in 1976 she graduated [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[modern history]]. She received an English-Speaking Union Scholarship and a Mrs Giles Whiting Fellowship to study at [[Bryn Mawr College]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania]], receiving an examined [[Master of Arts]] degree in 1978 and graduating as a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in the [[history and philosophy of science]] in 1981.


==Career==
==Career==
===Academic career===
===Academic career===
Northover was awarded a research fellowship at [[University College London]] and [[St. Mark's Hospital]] from 1980 to 1983, and a further research fellowship in 1983–84 at [[St Thomas's Hospital Medical School]] in London. She was then appointed Lecturer at University College London and [[Wellcome Institute]] in 1984, where she taught medical students, human science students and others from across the University of London, and carried out research on the history of modern medicine, authoring various academic books and articles.
Northover was awarded a research fellowship at [[University College London]] and [[St Mark's Hospital]] from 1980 to 1983, and a further research fellowship in 1983–84 at [[St Thomas's Hospital Medical School]] in London. She was then appointed Lecturer at University College London and [[Wellcome Institute]] in 1984, where she taught medical students, human science students and others from across the University of London, and carried out research on the history of modern medicine, authoring various academic books and articles.


===Political career===
===Political career===
Northover contested [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]]. She was a member of the committee which negotiated the merger between the Liberal Party and the SDP in 1987–1988, forming the Liberal Democrats. She was Chair of Women Liberal Democrats 1992–1995, Chair of the SDP and then the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association 1987–1991, and subsequently its Vice-President, and Chair of the Health and Social Welfare Association, 1987–1988.
Northover contested [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]] in the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] and [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]] general elections, and [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. She was a member of the committee which negotiated the merger between the Liberal Party and the SDP in 1987–1988, forming the Liberal Democrats. She was Chair of Women Liberal Democrats 1992–1995, Chair of the SDP and then the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association 1987–1991, and subsequently its Vice-President, and Chair of the Health and Social Welfare Association, 1987–1988.


On 1 May 2000, she was created a [[life peer]], taking her married name of Northover, as '''Baroness Northover''', of Cissbury in the County of [[West Sussex]].<ref>{{LondonGazette |issue=55839 |date=5 May 2000 |startpage=4980 |accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref>
On 1 May 2000, she was created a [[life peer]], taking her married name of Northover, as '''Baroness Northover''', of Cissbury in the County of [[West Sussex]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55839 |date=5 May 2000 |page=4980 }}</ref>
She was the Liberal Democrats Health Spokesperson in the House of Lords 2000–02 and main frontbench Liberal Democrats Spokesperson on International Development in the House of Lords, 2002–2010. She has been a member of various House of Lords Select Committees including those on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2001–02), and on the European Union (Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 2003–04; Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, 2008–10).
She was the Liberal Democrats Health Spokesperson in the House of Lords 2000–02 and main frontbench Liberal Democrats Spokesperson on International Development in the House of Lords, 2002–2010. She has been a member of various House of Lords Select Committees including those on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2001–02), and on the European Union (Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 2003–04; Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, 2008–10).


In 2010 under the Coalition Government, she was appointed as Government Whip ([[Lord-in-Waiting|Baroness-in-Waiting]]) and Spokesperson on International Development, Health, Justice and Women and Equalities, later covering Education, DCMS and DEFRA, instead of Justice and Health.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/display/templatedisplay1.asp?sectionid=12 |title=Government Spokespersons |publisher=Government Whips Office |accessdate=25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>Unlike Whips in the Commons, Lords Whips are also Government Spokespersons in their portfolios, contributing to legislation and speaking for the Government in debates.</ref>
In 2010 under the Coalition Government, she was appointed as Government Whip ([[Lord-in-waiting|Baroness-in-Waiting]]) and Spokesperson on International Development, Health, Justice and Women and Equalities, later covering Education, DCMS and DEFRA, instead of Justice and Health.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/display/templatedisplay1.asp?sectionid=12 |title=Government Spokespersons |publisher=Government Whips Office |accessdate=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215135744/http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/display/templatedisplay1.asp?sectionid=12 |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Unlike whips in the Commons, Lords whips are also Government spokespersons in their portfolios, contributing to legislation and speaking for the Government in debates.</ref>


Northover was a Member of Council of the Overseas Development Institute, 2005–2010; Trustee of the Tropical Health and Education Trust, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the British Council Associate Parliamentary Group, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2008–10; Trustee of the Liberal Democrats, 2009–11; Trustee of UNICEF UK, 2009–10; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Aid, Debt and Trade; and Secretary of the All Party Group on Overseas Development.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Northover&pPK=4b060352-97b5-4b7b-98bb-343eb9ff4ea8 |title=Baroness Northover &#124; Peers Detail |year=2012 |accessdate=26 February 2012}}</ref> She was promoted to become Under Secretary of State in the Department for International Development in November 2014.
Northover was a Member of Council of the [[Overseas Development Institute]], 2005–2010; Trustee of the Tropical Health and Education Trust, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the British Council Associate Parliamentary Group, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2008–10; Trustee of the Liberal Democrats, 2009–11; Trustee of UNICEF UK, 2009–10; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Aid, Debt and Trade; and Secretary of the All Party Group on Overseas Development.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Northover&pPK=4b060352-97b5-4b7b-98bb-343eb9ff4ea8 |title=Baroness Northover &#124; Peers Detail |year=2012 |accessdate=26 February 2012}}</ref> She was promoted to become Under Secretary of State in the Department for International Development in November 2014.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Northover has three adult children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lindsay Northover|url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/lindsay_northover|website=Liberal Democrats|accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref>
In 1988 she married Professor John Northover, Professor of Intestinal Surgery since 2001 at Imperial College London. <ref>http://powerbase.info/index.php/Lindsay_Northover</ref> They have three children, two sons (born 1989 and 1990) and a daughter (born 1993).


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web | url= http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Northover&pPK=4b060352-97b5-4b7b-98bb-343eb9ff4ea8| title= Profile at the Liberal Democrats| accessdate= 2012-02-26}}
*{{cite web | url= http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Baroness_Northover&pPK=4b060352-97b5-4b7b-98bb-343eb9ff4ea8| title= Profile at the Liberal Democrats| accessdate= 2012-02-26}}
*{{cite web | url= http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26585| title= DodOnline| accessdate= 2006-10-31}}
*{{cite web| url= http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26585| title= DodOnline| accessdate= 2006-10-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061009075941/http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26585| archive-date= 9 October 2006| url-status= dead}}


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Latest revision as of 12:58, 31 January 2024

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Northover
PC
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office
4 November 2014 – 7 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byLynne Featherstone
Succeeded byThe Baroness Verma
Baroness-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 May 2010 – 4 November 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Succeeded byThe Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 May 2000
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Lindsay Patricia Granshaw

(1954-08-21) 21 August 1954 (age 70)
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Alma materSt Anne's College, Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationPolitician
Academic

Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover, (born 21 August 1954; née Granshaw) is a British academic, Liberal Democrat politician, member of the House of Lords, and former junior government minister.

Early life

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The daughter of Charles and Patricia Granshaw, Northover was born on 21 August 1954. She was educated at Brighton and Hove High School, a private school for girls in Brighton. She went on to study at St Anne's College, Oxford, where in 1976 she graduated Bachelor of Arts in modern history. She received an English-Speaking Union Scholarship and a Mrs Giles Whiting Fellowship to study at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania, receiving an examined Master of Arts degree in 1978 and graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy in the history and philosophy of science in 1981.

Career

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Academic career

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Northover was awarded a research fellowship at University College London and St Mark's Hospital from 1980 to 1983, and a further research fellowship in 1983–84 at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London. She was then appointed Lecturer at University College London and Wellcome Institute in 1984, where she taught medical students, human science students and others from across the University of London, and carried out research on the history of modern medicine, authoring various academic books and articles.

Political career

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Northover contested Welwyn Hatfield in the 1983 and 1987 general elections, and Basildon in the 1997 general election. She was a member of the committee which negotiated the merger between the Liberal Party and the SDP in 1987–1988, forming the Liberal Democrats. She was Chair of Women Liberal Democrats 1992–1995, Chair of the SDP and then the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association 1987–1991, and subsequently its Vice-President, and Chair of the Health and Social Welfare Association, 1987–1988.

On 1 May 2000, she was created a life peer, taking her married name of Northover, as Baroness Northover, of Cissbury in the County of West Sussex.[1] She was the Liberal Democrats Health Spokesperson in the House of Lords 2000–02 and main frontbench Liberal Democrats Spokesperson on International Development in the House of Lords, 2002–2010. She has been a member of various House of Lords Select Committees including those on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2001–02), and on the European Union (Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 2003–04; Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, 2008–10).

In 2010 under the Coalition Government, she was appointed as Government Whip (Baroness-in-Waiting) and Spokesperson on International Development, Health, Justice and Women and Equalities, later covering Education, DCMS and DEFRA, instead of Justice and Health.[2][3]

Northover was a Member of Council of the Overseas Development Institute, 2005–2010; Trustee of the Tropical Health and Education Trust, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the British Council Associate Parliamentary Group, 2007–10; Vice-Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2008–10; Trustee of the Liberal Democrats, 2009–11; Trustee of UNICEF UK, 2009–10; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS; Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Aid, Debt and Trade; and Secretary of the All Party Group on Overseas Development.[4] She was promoted to become Under Secretary of State in the Department for International Development in November 2014.

Personal life

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Northover has three adult children.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 55839". The London Gazette. 5 May 2000. p. 4980.
  2. ^ "Government Spokespersons". Government Whips Office. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. ^ Unlike whips in the Commons, Lords whips are also Government spokespersons in their portfolios, contributing to legislation and speaking for the Government in debates.
  4. ^ "Baroness Northover | Peers Detail". 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Lindsay Northover". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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