Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton

For other people of the same name, see Margaret Eaton.

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 has been a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council since 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011. She still relies very heavily on the LGA to provide her work in the House of Lords, the LGA often writes speeches for her. [2]

Biography

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 (Cert. Ed). She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter.

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Preceded by
Sir Simon Milton
Chair of the Local Government Association
2008–2011
Succeeded by
Sir Merrick Cockell
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