Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton

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Not to be confused with Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane.

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Sanderson of Welton
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Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
8 October 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Political partyConservative

Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton is a British political advisor, life peer, and former journalist.

As a journalist, she worked at the Mail on Sunday for 17 years.[1] She was a special adviser and Head of Features to Prime Minister (formerly Home Secretary) Theresa May from 2014 to 2019.[2][3][4]

In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[5] On 8 October 2019, she was made Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[6] She was introduced to the House of Lords on 22 October 2019.[7] She made her maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during the Lords consideration of the Phase 1 Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Baroness Sanderson of Welton (31 October 2019). "Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1044–1046.
  2. ^ "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ Goodman, Paul (5 September 2016). "The Conservative Research Department always wins. A guide to Downing Street's top team". Conservative Home. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ Wallace, Mark (15 July 2016). "Meet the new team at Number Ten". Conservative Home.
  5. ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. ^ "No. 62795". The London Gazette. 14 October 2019. p. 18368.
  7. ^ "MPs and Lords - Parliamentary career for Baroness Sanderson of Welton". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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