Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover: Difference between revisions
updating cv. NB Brighton and Hove High School was a direct Grant school when I attended it. |
RedHillian (talk | contribs) m Reverted edits by 194.60.38.225 (talk) to last version by Jwslubbock |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox Officeholder |
{{Infobox Officeholder |
||
| honorific-prefix =[[The Right Honourable]] |
| honorific-prefix =[[The Right Honourable]] |
||
| name = Baroness Northover |
| name = The Baroness Northover |
||
| honorific-suffix = [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] |
| honorific-suffix = [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] |
||
| image = |
| image = Baroness Northover (cropped).jpg |
||
| caption = Lindsay Northover, |
| caption = Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover (June 2014) |
||
| office= [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State]], [[Department for International Development]] |
| office= [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State]], [[Department for International Development]] |
||
| term_start = 2014 |
| term_start = 2014 |
||
| term_end = |
| term_end = |
||
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]] |
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]] |
||
| predecessor = Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone |
| predecessor = Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]] |
| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]] |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Lindsay Patricia Northover, |
'''Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover''', (born 21 August 1954; née '''Granshaw''') is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Liberal Democrats|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]]. 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]], 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. |
||
==Career== |
==Career== |
||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
===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 [[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. |
||
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>{{LondonGazette |issue=55839 |date=5 May 2000 |startpage=4980 |accessdate=2009-04-19}}</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}}</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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2008–10; Trustee of the Liberal Democrats, 2009–11; |
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 | 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. |
||
She led in the House of Lords for the Liberal Democrats on International Development, 2015-16, and is currently leading on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016- |
|||
Northover is Honorary Visiting Professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, and a Member of the Advisory Council of Wilton Park. She was appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Angola in February 2016. |
|||
==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
||
Revision as of 16:55, 3 November 2016
The Baroness Northover | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover (June 2014) | |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for International Development | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lindsay Patricia Granshaw 21 August 1954 |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician Academic |
Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover, (born 21 August 1954; née Granshaw) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, member of the House of Lords and former junior government minister.
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 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). 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
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.
Political career
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
Northover has three adult children. [5]
References
- ^ "No. 55839". The London Gazette. 5 May 2000.
- ^ "Government Spokespersons". Government Whips Office. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ Unlike Whips in the Commons, Lords Whips are also Government Spokespersons in their portfolios, contributing to legislation and speaking for the Government in debates.
- ^ "Baroness Northover | Peers Detail". 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Lindsay Northover". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
External links
- "Profile at the Liberal Democrats". Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- "DodOnline". Retrieved 2006-10-31.