Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn
Appearance
The Baroness Penn | |
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Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
Assumed office 9 March 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 |
Political party | Conservative |
Joanna Carolyn "JoJo" Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985) is a British political advisor, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019.[1][2] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. [3] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019.[4] Baroness Penn is the youngest member of the House of Lords.[5]
References
- ^ Mason, Rowena; Scruton, Paul; Fenn, Chris (4 October 2017). "Theresa May's team: the PM's inner and outer circles". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "The Top 100 Most Influential People On The Right: Iain Dale's 2017 List". LBC. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "No. 62798". The London Gazette. 16 October 2019. p. 18552.
- ^ "Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 October 2019.