Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

The Baroness Barker
Baroness Barker at a Health Hotel session during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Personal details
Born	31 January 1961
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Occupation	Politician

Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born 31 January 1961) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Educated at Dalziel High School^[1] and the University of Southampton,^[2] Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007. She was created a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland,^[3] on 31 July 1999^[4] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.^[5] Barker made well-received speeches on the Same-Sex Marriage Bill in the House of Lords and is considered a key figure for her contribution on a historic question of equality before the law.^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
2. Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
3. "Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker", The Peerage, 5 November 2004
4. The London Gazette: no. 55574. p. 8517. 6 August 1999. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
5. https://libdemlords.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/jim-wallace-announces-lib-dem-spokespeople-in-lords/
6. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lesbian-queens-stories-love-lords-gay-marriage-debate030613
7. "Nigel Farage: Ukip would strip Christian weddings of legal status". Telegraph Online. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

External links

• Baroness Barker profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ms Elizabeth Barker