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Baroness Northover

Liberal Democrat Under-Secretary Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1954
School
Brighton Girls
Independent
University
St Anne's College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
5.0 years
Longer than 62% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

DC
Appointed by David Cameron
2 posts · 2010–2015
  • Minister for International Development
    Under-Secretary 2014/11 – 2015/05
  • Baroness in Waiting
    Whip / Parliamentary 2010/05 – 2014/11

Career

Before Parliament 7

1980–1983
Research fellow
University College London and St Mark's Hospital
Teaching & academia
1983–1984
Research fellow
St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
Teaching & academia
1984–
Lecturer
University College London and Wellcome Institute
Teaching & academia
1987–1988
Member of merger negotiating committee
Liberal Party / SDP
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
1987–1991
Chair, later Vice-President
Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
1987–1988
Chair
Health and Social Welfare Association
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
1992–1995
Chair
Women Liberal Democrats
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd

Alongside Parliament 4

2005–2010
Member of Council
Overseas Development Institute
Charity / NGO / campaigning
2007–2010
Trustee
Tropical Health and Education Trust
Charity / NGO / campaigning
2009–2011
Trustee
Liberal Democrats
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
2009–2010
Trustee
UNICEF UK
Charity / NGO / campaigning

After office 2

2017–
Trustee
Malaria Consortium
Charity / NGO / campaigning
2017–
Visiting Professor
IGHI
Teaching & academia

Voting record

979
votes since 2016
0
votes against their own party, 0.0% of 925 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
54
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Baroness Northover0.0%
Typical Liberal Democrat0.1%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

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

Bills sponsored

1
private member's bills, 1 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law

Private member's bills 1

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.

Interests and jobs after office

Declared jobs after office 3

2017-07-19
Role not stated
(see letter)
2017-07-19
Trustee
Malaria Consortium
2017-07-19
Visiting Professor
IGHI