The Baroness Sanderson of Welton | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson (1971-05-24)24 May 1971 (age 54) Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | James Franklin (m. 2005) |
Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton (born 24 May 1971),[1] is a Britishpolitical advisor and member of theHouse of Lords since 2019.
Born in 1971 onHumberside, a cousin of theSanderson baronets,[2] Liz Sanderson pursued a career injournalism with theMail on Sunday where she worked for 17 years,[3] before being appointed aSpecial Adviser andHead ofFeatures toTheresa May (asHome Secretary thenPrime Minister) from 2014 to 2019.[4][5][6]
Nominated as aLife Peer in the2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours,[7] she was createdBaroness Sanderson of Welton, ofWelton in theEast Riding of Yorkshire on 8 October 2019,[8] and thenintroduced to theHouse of Lords on 22 October 2019,[9] sitting on theConservativebenches. Lady Sanderson made hermaiden speech on 31 October 2019 during a Lords debate on theGrenfell Tower Inquiry (Phase 1 report).[3]
In September 2022,HMG appointed Lady Sanderson tochair an advisory panel for developing a new strategy forpublic libraries.[10]
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