Jump to content

Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Traditionalist (talk | contribs) at 21:01, 17 April 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Maddock
Lady Maddock during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference
President of the Liberal Democrats
In office
1 January 1999 – 31 December 2000
Preceded byRobert Maclennan
Succeeded byNavnit Dholakia
Member of Parliament
for Christchurch
In office
29 July 1993 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byRobert Adley
Succeeded byChristopher Chope
Personal details
Born (1945-05-19) 19 May 1945 (age 79)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrat
SpouseLord Beith (2001-)

Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock and Baroness Beith (born 19 May 1945),[1] is a Liberal Democrat politician.

Education and Early Career

Diana Maddock was educated at Shenstone Training College[2] and Portsmouth Polytechnic[3] (now the University of Portsmouth) and was a teacher of English as a foreign language until she started a family and got involved in politics in the mid-1970s.

Political career

Maddock joined the Liberal Party in 1976, and was elected to Southampton City Council in 1984 until she was elected to parliament in 1993. During this time she was leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council. She unsuccessfully contested Southampton Test at the 1992 general election, coming third.

She was elected as Member of Parliament for Christchurch at a by-election in 1993 that was caused by the death of Robert Adley, but lost the seat at the 1997 election to the Conservative candidate Christopher Chope. She was made a life peer as Baroness Maddock, of Christchurch in the County of Dorset, in 1997.[4] She is a co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group.

From 1998 to 2000 she was President of the Liberal Democrats.[5]

In 2005 she was elected a member of Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council, for Berwick North ward, as Councillor Diana Beith.[6] The council was abolished in 2009 and the Borough was absorbed into the new unitary authority of Northumberland County Council. In the election for Berwick North ward of the new council, held in May 2008, her successor as the Liberal Democrat candidate was defeated.[7]

Personal life

She is married to Lord Beith, formerly MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed.[8] She and her husband are one of the few couples who both hold titles in their own right.

Styles

  • Miss Diana Derbyshire (1945–1966)
  • Mrs Diana Maddock (1966–1997)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Maddock (1997–2000)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Maddock, Mrs Beith (2000–2008)
  • The Rt Hon. The Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith (2008–)

References

  1. ^ http://myparliament.info/Member/685
  2. ^ Who's Who (2016)
  3. ^ Who's Who (2016)
  4. ^ "No. 54938". The London Gazette. 4 November 1997.
  5. ^ "Party President". Official Liberal Democrat Website. Retrieved 7 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Chapter 23 Northumberland". Retrieved 7 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Northumberland County Council Election Results 2008". Northumberland County Council. Retrieved May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "Beith to marry Maddock". BBC News. 31 October 2000.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Christchurch
1993–1997 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Liberal Democrats
1998–2000 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diana_Maddock,_Baroness_Maddock&oldid=715760766"