The Baroness Fullbrook | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament forSouth Ribble | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David Borrow |
| Succeeded by | Seema Kennedy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-07-28)28 July 1959 (age 66)[1][2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Mark Fullbrook[3] |
| Alma mater | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Website | [1] |
Lorraine Fullbrook, Baroness Fullbrook (born 28 July 1959) is a British Conservative former MP forSouth Ribble, first elected in 2010.[4][5]
Educated atGlasgow Caledonian University, Mrs Fullbrook was formerly the Conservative Leader ofHart Council inHampshire. She joined the Cabinet of the council as the Cabinet Member for Communications. Six months later, she was promoted to Cabinet Member for Finance. Six months after taking over the finance portfolio, she was elected as Leader of the Council, after serving just one year as Councillor.[6]
She stepped down from Hart Council in 2004 after being selected as parliamentary candidate for theSouth Ribble constituency in north-westEngland.[3]
She first contested the seat at the2005 general election, when she came second to the incumbent MP,David Borrow.[7] She contested the seat again in the2010 general election when she defeated David Borrow with an 8.1% swing from theLabour Party to theConservative Party, and regained the seat for the Conservative Party after 13 years.[8][4]
In 2013 she announced that she would not contend the next election and would be standing down after just one term.
Fullbrook was nominated for a life peerage byBoris Johnson in the2019 Dissolution Honours.[9] On 7 September 2020 she was createdBaroness Fullbrook, of Dogmersfield in the County of Hampshire.[10]
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| Preceded by | Member forSouth Ribble 2010 –2015 | Succeeded by |
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