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Baroness Amos

Labour Secretary of State Cabinet Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1954
Georgetown
School
Townley Grammar School
State grammar
University
University of Warwick
In office
8.9 years
Longer than 86% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

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Appointed by Tony Blair
5 posts · 1998–2007
  • Lord President of the Council
    Cabinet Secretary of State 2003/10 – 2007/06
  • Leader of the House of Lords
    Cabinet Whip / House leadership 2003/10 – 2007/06
  • Secretary of State for International Development
    Cabinet Secretary of State 2003/05 – 2003/10
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO
    Under-Secretary 2001/06 – 2003/05
  • Baroness in Waiting
    Whip / Parliamentary 1998/07 – 2001/06

Career

Before Parliament 5

1989–1994
Chief Executive
Equal Opportunities Commission
Civil service & diplomacy
1990–1998
Deputy chair
Runnymede Trust
Charity / NGO / campaigning
1995–
Co-founder
Amos Fraser Bernard
Management consulting
Undated
Equal Opportunities, Training and Management Services
London boroughs of Lambeth, Camden and Hackney
Civil service & diplomacyunverified
Undated
Adviser on public service reform, human rights and employment equity
South African government
Management consulting

Alongside Parliament 7

Undated
Trustee
Institute for Public Policy Research
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAdunverified
Undated
Non-executive director
University College London Hospitals Trust
Civil service & diplomacyunverified
Undated
Trustee
Voluntary Service Overseas
Charity / NGO / campaigningunverified
Undated
Chair
Afiya Trust
Charity / NGO / campaigningunverified
Undated
Director
Hampstead Theatre
Arts, culture & sportunverified
Undated
Chair of the Board of Governors
Royal College of Nursing Institute
Medicine & healthunverified
Undated
Trustee, later patron
Serious Trust
Charity / NGO / campaigningunverified

After office 6

2010–2015
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
United Nations
Civil service & diplomacy
2015–2021
Director
SOAS, University of London
Teaching & academia
2020–
Master
University College, Oxford
Teaching & academia
2026–
Patron
Tomorrow's Warriors
Charity / NGO / campaigning
Undated
British High Commissioner to Australia
British High Commission, Australia
Civil service & diplomacy
Undated
Director (remunerated)
Travant Capital
Banking, finance & accountancy

Date unknown 1

Undated
Role not stated
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Banking, finance & accountancy

Voting record

230
votes since 2019
0
votes against their own party, 0.0% of 220 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
10
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Baroness Amos0.0%
Typical Labour0.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Read the full voting transcript (230 votes)

Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.

Bills sponsored

2
government bills put forward as a minister
2
of them became law

Government bills 2

Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.