Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

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The Baroness Barker
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Baroness Barker at a Health Hotel session during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Personal details
Born (1961-01-31) 31 January 1961 (age 64)
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 created a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland,[3] on 31 July 1999[4] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.[5] Barker is a lesbian.[6] She has accused opponents of same-sex marriage of prejudice.[7]

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  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. https://libdemlords.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/jim-wallace-announces-lib-dem-spokespeople-in-lords/
  6. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lesbian-queens-stories-love-lords-gay-marriage-debate030613
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