Elizabeth Peacock

Elizabeth Peacock
Elizabeth Peacock
Member of Parliament ; for Batley and Spen
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Mike Wood
Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Social Security and Disabled People Unit ; under Nicholas Scott
	In office; 1992–1992
Prime Minister	John Major
Personal details
Born	4 September 1937 (age 87)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Brian David (m. 1950)
Children	2 sons

Elizabeth Joan Peacock (born 4 September 1937) is a British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen.

Born as Elizabeth Joan Gates, Peacock served as a North Yorkshire County Councillor from 1981–84, and represented Batley and Spen from 1983 to 1997 during which time she was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nicholas Scott as Minister for Social Security and Disabled People Unit (1992). Peacock is a noted anti-abortion campaigner sometimes advocating direct action. ^[1] In the debate on the Abortion Amendment Law in January 1988 she was a virulent supporter of the bill, speaking out for lowering the time-frame in which a legal abortion is permitted, originally standing at 28 weeks. Her argument consisted of calling Britain 'the foetal dustbin of Europe,' in advocation for trying to stop foreign women having abortions in the UK.^[2] Peacock stood again for in the 2001 election, unsuccessfully, and declined to stand in the 2005 election^[3]