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Vera Baird

Labour Minister of State Left Parliament Wikipedia ↗
Born
1950
Chadderton
School
The Radclyffe School
State non-selective
University
Northumbria University
In office
4.0 years
Longer than 53% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
1 post · 2007–2010
  • Solicitor General
    Minister of State 2007/06 – 2010/05
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
2 posts · 2006–2007
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, MoJ
    Under-Secretary 2007/05 – 2007/06
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCA
    Under-Secretary 2006/05 – 2007/05

Career

Before Parliament 4

1975–
barrister; Head of Chambers
Collingwood Chambers, Newcastle upon Tyne
Law (barrister, solicitor)
1983
legal associate
Royal Town Planning Institute
Law (barrister, solicitor)unverified
1988–2000
barrister
Chambers of Lord Gifford / Michael Mansfield QC
Law (barrister, solicitor)
2000–2001
Queen's Counsel (took silk)
Law (barrister, solicitor)

Alongside Parliament 2

2002–2006
Chair
Fawcett Commission on Women and Criminal Justice
Charity / NGO / campaigning
Undated
course designer/deliverer on criminal, civil and family law (Ethiopian judiciary and police)
British Council
Law (barrister, solicitor)

After office 3

2012–2019
Police and Crime Commissioner
Northumbria Police
Civil service & diplomacy
2016–
chair
Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
Civil service & diplomacy
2019–2022
Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales
Civil service & diplomacy

Bills sponsored

1
government bills put forward as a minister
1
of them became law

Government 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.