Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman

Nicola Jane Chapman, Baroness Chapman ( born August 3, 1961 in Leeds, † 3 September 2009) was a British Life Peeress.

Life

Chapman studied mathematics and economics at Trinity and All Saints College in Leeds. In 2004, she became a Life Peer as Baroness Chapman of Leeds in the County of West Yorkshire and was appointed the first person with a congenital disability ( osteogenesis imperfecta ), who was appointed recently to the peer. Her appointment came on the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission. She had previously been nominated by the Habinteg Housing Association, an organization that supports people with disabilities and of which she is held. Also she was Chair of the Leeds United Disabled Supporters organization.