Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton
Appearance
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Ellen Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton, DBE, DL (born 1 June 1942, Bradford, England) has been a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords since 2010.[1]
She was a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council from 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011.[2]
Biography
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Born as Ellen Margaret Midgley in 1942 to John and Evelyn (née Smith) Midgley, she attended Hanson Grammar School and the Balls Park Teacher Training College, where she achieved a Certificate in Education. She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter.
Political career
- Member, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1986[3]
- Leader of Conservative Group 1995–
- Council Leader 2000–06
- Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural Consortium
- Former co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Member, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly [when?]
- Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, Chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–11
- Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003–06
- Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire since 2008
- Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008–11
Affiliations
- Chairman and Trustee, Near Neighbours (national registered charity)
- Trustee, Angelus Foundation (national registered charity for drugs education)
- Trustee, Cottingley Town Hall, Cottingley, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Member, Common Sense Group as anti-"woke" group within the Conservative Party[4]
Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours.[5]
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours[6][7]
- Baroness Eaton, of Cottingley, in the County of West Yorkshire on 21 July 2010[8]
- Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Bradford - December 2012[9]
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References
- ^ Profile at House of Lords Archived 18 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hetherington, Peter (21 October 2008). "Interview: An icy reception". The Guardian.
- ^ Kilner, Will (22 July 2010). "Bingley ward member of Bradford Council tells of ceremony". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Britain's heroes". Letter to the Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 11.
- ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 6.
- ^ "Baroness Eaton, DBE DL, Honorary Fellow". Bradford College. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "No. 59497". The London Gazette. 26 July 2010. p. 14201.
- ^ "Baroness Eaton DBE, DL". Marston Holdings. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2020. p. 2482.
External links
- BBC Democracy Profile Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Councillors in Bradford
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire
- Schoolteachers from Yorkshire
- Women councillors in England
- Chairs of the Local Government Association
- Life peer stubs