Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler

Margaret Eileen Joyce Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler MBE (born 25 March 1949) is a British Labour member of the House of Lords who is an Opposition Whip.[1]

The Baroness Wheeler
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
14 July 2010
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born25 March 1949 (1949-03-25) (age 74)
Political partyLabour

In the 2005 Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Trade Unions.[2]

She was created a life peer on 20 June 2010 taking the title Baroness Wheeler, of Blackfriars in the City of London,[3] and was introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010.

Parliamentary career

  • Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Social Care (4 June 2018 – present)
  • Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords (31 January 2018 – present)
  • Opposition Senior Whip in the House of Lords (1 April 2014 – present)
  • Opposition Whip in the House of Lords (8 October 2010 – 1 April 2014)

References

  1. "Baroness Wheeler". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. "No. 57665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2005. p. 22.
  3. "No. 59468". The London Gazette. 24 June 2010. p. 11914.


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