Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
| The Right Honourable The Baroness Maddock | |
|---|---|
 Maddock in 2015 | |
| President of the Liberal Democrats | |
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In office 1 January 1999 – 31 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Maclennan |
| Succeeded by | Navnit Dholakia |
| Member of Parliament for Christchurch | |
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In office 29 July 1993 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Adley |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Chope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1945 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Lord Beith (2001-) |
Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith (born 19 May 1945),[1] is a Liberal Democrat politician.
Education and early career
Diana Maddock was educated at Shenstone Training College[2] and Portsmouth Polytechnic[2] (now the University of Portsmouth) and was a teacher of English as a foreign language until starting a family and becoming involved in politics in the mid-1970s.
Political career
Maddock joined the Liberal Party in 1976, and was elected to Southampton City Council in 1984. During this time, she was leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council. She unsuccessfully contested Southampton Test at the 1992 general election, coming third. She was elected as Member of Parliament for Christchurch at a by-election in 1993 that was caused by the death of Robert Adley, but lost the seat at the 1997 election to the Conservative candidate Christopher Chope.
She was made a life peer as Baroness Maddock, of Christchurch in the County of Dorset, in 1997.[3] She is a co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group. From 1998 to 2000, she was President of the Liberal Democrats.[4]
In 2005, she was elected a member of Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council, for Berwick North ward, as Councillor Diana Beith.[5] The council was abolished in 2009 and the Borough was absorbed into the new unitary authority of Northumberland County Council. In the election for Berwick North ward of the new council, held in May 2008, her successor as the Liberal Democrat candidate was defeated.[6]
Personal life
She is married to Lord Beith, formerly MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed; the couple married in 2001.[7][8] She and her husband are one of the few couples who both hold titles in their own right.
Styles
- 1945–1966: Miss Diana Derbyshire
- 1966–1997: Mrs Robert Frank Maddock
- 1997–2001: The Right Honourable The Baroness Maddock
- 2001–2008: The Right Honourable The Baroness Maddock, Mrs Beith
- 2008–present: The Right Honourable The Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith
References
- ↑ "Biography for Baroness Maddock". MyParliament.
- 1 2 Who's Who (2016)
- ↑ "No. 54938". The London Gazette. 4 November 1997. p. 12377.
- ↑ "Party President". Official Liberal Democrat Website. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Chapter 23 Northumberland". Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Northumberland County Council Election Results 2008". Northumberland County Council. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Beith to marry Maddock". BBC News. 31 October 2000.
- ↑ "About Alan Beith". berwicklibdems.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Diana Maddock
- Baroness Maddock profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Adley |
Member of Parliament for Christchurch 1993–1997 |
Succeeded by Christopher Chope |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Robert Maclennan |
President of the Liberal Democrats 1998–2000 |
Succeeded by Navnit Dholakia |