| The Baroness Northover | |
|---|---|
| Lady Northover during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lindsay Patricia Granshaw 21 August 1954 |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover (née Granshaw; born 21 August 1954) is a Liberal Democrat British politician and currently a Government Whip in the House of Lords with responsibilities covering health, Law Officers, Ministry of Justice, Wales Office and for Women and Equalities and under the new coalition government, the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Development.[1]
Born to Charles and Patricia Granshaw, Northover was educated at Brighton and Hove High School and later St Anne's College, Oxford, where she received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in modern history in 1976. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in history and philosophy of science in 1981.
Northover worked as research fellow at the University College London and St. Mark's Hospital from 1980 to 1983, at the St Thomas's Medical School in London the years 1983 and 1984. She was lecturer at the University College from 1984 to 1991 and during the same time period historian of twentieth century medicine at the Wellcome Institute in London.
Northover contested Welwyn Hatfield in the 1983 and 1987 general elections, and Basildon in the 1997 general election. On 1 May 2000, she was created a life peer as Baroness Northover, of Cissbury in the County of West Sussex.[2]