Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn
The Baroness Penn | |
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Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
Assumed office 9 March 2020 On Leave: 15 September 2021 - Present | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 21 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 36–37) |
Political party | Conservative |
Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn,[1] is a British political advisor. She was appointed Baroness-in-waiting in March 2020 but is currently a Minister on Leave; her duties are being fulfilled in her absence by Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen.
Biography[]
She served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019.[2][3] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[4] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019.[5] Baroness Penn was the youngest member of the House of Lords,[6] from when she joined the House on 26 October 2019 until the election of Lord Harlech on 14 July 2021.
References[]
- ^ "Theresa May appoints top allies to House of Lords". POLITICO. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Mason, Rowena; Scruton, Paul; Fenn, Chris (4 October 2017). "Theresa May's team: the PM's inner and outer circles". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "The Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right: Iain Dale's 2017 List". LBC. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. 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.
- 1985 births
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