Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

Biography

Lords career

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department for Education and Skills 2001-04 (also Department for Work and Pensions 2002-04); Government Spokesperson for Children 2003-04; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department for Constitutional Affairs/Ministry of Justice 2004-07; Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council 2007-08; Government Spokesperson for: Cabinet Office 2008, Equality 2008; On leave of absence 2008-

Councils, public bodies

Chair, Hertfordshire Health Authority 1998-2001

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire 1999

Register of Interests

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration