Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Smith of Basildon

PC
Official portrait, 2024
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byThe Lord True
Leader of the Opposition in the Lords
In office
27 May 2015 – 5 July 2024
Party LeaderHarriet Harman (acting)
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Preceded byThe Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Succeeded byThe Lord True
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
28 June 2007 – 8 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byKeith Hill
Succeeded byAnne Snelgrove
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State
2009–2010Third Sector
Under-Secretary of State
2006–2007Fire Services
2002–2006Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Exectutive
Direct rule portfolios
2005–2006Education
2005–2006Employment and Learning
2005–2006Enterprise, Trade and Investment
2003–2005Health, Social Services and Public Safety
2002–2005Culture, Arts and Leisure
2002–2005Environment
2002–2003Regional Development
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
8 July 2010
Member of Parliament
for Basildon
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byDavid Amess
Succeeded byStephen Metcalfe[a]
Personal details
Born
Angela Evans

(1959-01-07) 7 January 1959
London, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Spouse(s)Nigel Smith
Alma materLeicester Polytechnic (BA)

Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959)[1] is a Labour Co-operative politician from England. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election.

Smith was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion.[2]

Following the Labour Party's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Baroness Basildon was appointed as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ As Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock.

References

  1. ↑ House of Lords Business — 8 July 2010 UK Parliament
  2. ↑ Angela Evans Smith is new Third Sector Minister Third Sector, 8 June 2009
  3. ↑ "Ex-MP Baroness Smith of Basildon appointed leader of the House of Lords". Echo. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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