Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes PC (born 26 July 1930^[1]), née Viner, is a British Conservative politician.

Born in Dublin and educated in Sheffield, where her father was a diamond cutter, Sally Viner worked as a social worker in London before entering politics.^[2]

In the 1970 general election, she defeated John Diamond in the constituency of Gloucester; Diamond was the only cabinet minister to be defeated in the election. Some found her previous occupation to be somewhat appropriate — she had worked as a diamond cutter. She went on to represent Gloucester as Member of Parliament until 1987 and Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in the Department of Trade from 1979 to 1982.

Oppenheim-Barnes was created a life peer as Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, of Gloucester in the County of Gloucestershire on 9 February 1989. Her son Phillip Oppenheim was formerly Conservative MP for Amber Valley. From 1983-1987, mother and son served in the House of Commons simultaneously.

References

^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "G", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
^ Jewish Virtual Library bio, which gives her year of birth as 1928

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sally Oppenheim-Barnes
Women's Rights: Radical Change – video of Oppenheim appearing in a BBC debate first televised in 1974

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jack Diamond	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1970–1987	Succeeded by Douglas French

Persondata
Name	Oppenheimbarnes, Sally
Alternative names	Oppenheimbarnes, Baroness; Oppenheimbarnes, Lady
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	26 July 1930 (some sources state 1928)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death