Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

Joan Margaret Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley, of West Derby in the County of Merseyside ( born April 12, 1943 in West Derby, Liverpool) is a British politician of the Liberal Democrats, which is since 2000 member of the House of Lords.

Life

Study and career

After visiting the Notre Dame High School in Liverpool Joan Walmsley began studying biology at the University of Liverpool and graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Biology) from. She then worked for a year as a cell biologist at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. After the first marriage in 1966 and the birth of her two children was dedicated to the education of the children, until they later her studies at Manchester Polytechnic and this continued in 1979 with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE ) finished.

Then she was 1979-1986 as a teacher at Buxton College, a Grammar School in Buxton, works. In 1986, she left the teaching profession and worked in public relations at the company before they ran his own PR agency between 1996 and 2003.

Unsuccessful candidates for the lower house and upper house member

In addition to her career, Joan Walmsley began to get involved early 1990s, political and ran for the Liberal Democrats in the general election on 9 April 1992 for the first time unsuccessfully for a Abgeordnetenmandet in the House of Commons, in the constituency of Leeds South and Morley. In the election of 1 May 1997 she tried again without success Congleton constituency for a seat in the House.

On 15 May 2000 it was raised by a Letters Patent as Life Peeress with the title Baroness Walmsley of West Derby in the County of Merseyside in the peerage. On 23 May 2000 their introduction ( Introduction) followed as a member of the House of Lords.

During her previous membership in the House of Lords Baroness Walmsley was that was between 2000 and 2003 a member of the Conference Committee of the Liberal Democrats, 2001-2003 spokesperson of the party for their early education, education and skills. In addition to serving as chair of the Women's Association of their party (Women Liberal Democrats ) in the years 2002 to 2004, she was from 2003 to 2004 both spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior (Home Office ) and also a member of the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrats.

Last time was Baroness Walmsley, who is also chairman of the organization Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 2004-2010 spokeswoman for the Group of the Liberal Democrats for Education and children or for children, schools and families.

Since 2005 she has been married to his third marriage with Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford. So she and her husband are among the few couples in British history, who are members of the House of Lords because of their own title of nobility