Celia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester

Celia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire MBE ( born October 14, 1945) is a British politician of the Liberal Party and later the Liberal Democrats, which is since 2006 member of the House of Lords.

Life

Celia Thomas, a member of the Liberal Party in Winchester was in the 1960s, was 1977-2005 assistant in the whips office of the Liberal Party and, most recently from 1997 to 2005 Head of the Office. During this time it was 2001, leader of the Liberal Summer School, from which emerged the Keynes Forum. Since 2005 she is Vice -President of the Lloyd George Society and was next between 2006 and 2009 and a director of independent liberal think tank Centre Forum.

On 26 May 2006 Celia Thomas was, who is also president of the Liberal Democrats in Winchester, levied as Peeress with the title Baroness Thomas of Winchester, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire in the peerage, making it one since then as a member of the House of Lords of. During this time she was between 2007 and 2010 spokesperson for the Group of the Liberal Democrats in the House for Work and Pensions.