Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born 31 January 1961), is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Barker was educated at Dalziel High School, a secondary school in Motherwell, Scotland.[1] She studied at the University of Southampton.[2]
Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007. She was created a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland, on 31 July 1999,[3] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.[4]
Barker revealed in a speech to the House of Lords that she was in a same-sex relationship during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.[5] She since became a Patron of Opening Doors London,[6] a charity which provided support for older LGBT people, and an Ambassador for the Albert Kennedy Trust.
Barker is Co-Chair[7] of both the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health[8] and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK.[9] In the House of Lords she also serves as Deputy Speaker (since April 2024), as Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector.[10] She serves on the board of GiveOut, and LGBTI community foundation.[11]
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- Baroness Barker profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
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