Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover
Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover, of Cissbury in the County of West Sussex ( Birth Name: Lindsay Patricia Granshaw; born August 21, 1954) is a British politician of the Social Democratic Party and now the Liberal Democrats since 2000 as Life Peeress as a member the House of Lords heard.
Life
Studies, career and unsuccessful candidates for the House
After visiting the Brighton and Hove High School Lindsay Northover began studying the history of science at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, where she worked a Bachelor of Arts (BA ), and in 1976 a Master of Arts ( MAHistory ) with an emphasis on history modern times acquired. With financial support through scholarship, she continued her studies at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1978 from this with another Master of Arts, before 1981 a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D.) in the subjects of History and Philosophy of Science acquired.
She then between 1980 and 1983 Research Associate (Research Fellow at University College London, and at St. Mark 's Hospital in London. Already at the general election on 9 June 1983, she competed for the first time without success for the Social Democratic Party ( SDP) in the constituency of Welwyn Hatfield for a seat in the House of Commons. Subsequently, she became a research assistant at the Medical School of St. Thomas' Hospital in London, before 1984-1991 lecturer in the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the history of Medicine and University College London had.
During this time, Lindsay Northover candidate who was chairman of the Health and Welfare Association of SDP 1987-1988, at the elections on 11 June 1987 at Welwyn Hatfield constituency again unsuccessfully for a seat in the House. After it was from 1988 to 1991 chairman of the Association of Parliamentary candidates of the Liberal Democrats, and between 1992 and 1995 Chair of the Women's Association of the Liberal Democrats, they came also in the general election on 1 May 1997 in the constituency of Basildon, but lost again and thus missed the entry into the House of Commons.
Member of the Upper House and other offices
Lindsay Northover was raised by a Letters Patent dated 1 May 2000 Life Peeress with the title Baroness Northover, of Cissbury in the County of West Sussex in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, on 10 May 2000 was their introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords.
In the following years it was between 2001 and 2002 first spokesperson of the Liberal Democrats for health and then 2002-2010 for International Development and at the same time for the legislative procedure between 2009 and 2010 Equality Act. During this time she was between 2001 and 2002 a member of the Upper House Special Committee on embryonic stem cell research as well as from 2003 to 2004 Member of the Special Committee for the European Union as well as the Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development. Baroness Palmer also belonged between 2005 and 2010 the Overseas Development Institute (ODI ) as a member of the Advisory Board, and served during the years 2007 to 2010 as a trustee of the Tropical Health and Education Trust to. After that she was from 2008 to 2010 a member of the House of Lords Committee on Economic Affairs and at the same time Vice - Chairman of the Parliamentary Association with the Commonwealth of Nations. Furthermore, she was both a Trustee of the Association of Bryn Mawr College, and between 2009 and 2010 Trustee of the British UNICEF Committee.
After the electoral victory of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats at the general election on 6 May 2010 and the subsequent formation of a coalition government is Baroness Northover, which was between 2009 and 2011 Trustee of the Liberal Democrats, since 2010 as a Whip with the rank of Baroness - in - Waiting to HM the Queen spokesperson for the Government Group for Health, Women and Equality and international development. In addition, it was between 2010 and 2012 Spokesperson for Justice, law offices, Wales and the General Advocate of Scotland. Since 2012 she is also also spokesperson of the Liberal Democrats for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.