Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton
(Ellen) Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton (born 1942), DBE, DL is a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords.[1] She has been a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council since 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011.[2] She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010, having previously become an Officer of the Order (OBE) in 2003.
Biography
- Born Bradford, 1942; daughter of John Midgley and Evelyn née Smith
- Educated Hanson Grammar School; Balls Park Teacher Training College (Cert. Ed.)
- Schoolteacher
- Married John Eaton, 1969; one son and one daughter.
- Member, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1986; Leader of Conservative Group 1995–, Council Leader 2000–06; Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural Consortium; Former co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International Airport; Member, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly; Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, Chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–2011
- Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003–2006
- Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire since 2008
- Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008–2011
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Baroness Eaton |
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British politician |
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1942 |
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