Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

The Baroness Barker
Baroness Barker at a Health Hotel session during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Personal details
Born 31 January 1961
Political party Liberal Democrats
Occupation Politician

Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born 31 January 1961) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Educated at Dalziel High School[1] and the University of Southampton,[2] Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007. She was made a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland,[3] in 1999[4] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on health matters. Barker is a lesbian.[5] She has accused opponents of same-sex marriage of prejudice.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
  3. ↑ "Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker", The Peerage, 5 November 2004
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 55574. p. 8517. 6 August 1999. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lesbian-queens-stories-love-lords-gay-marriage-debate030613
  6. ↑ "Nigel Farage: Ukip would strip Christian weddings of legal status". Telegraph Online. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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