Английская Википедия:Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

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Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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,[3] on 31 July 1999[4] and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.[5]

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.[6] She has since become Patron of Opening Doors London,[7] a charity providing support for older LGBT people, and an Ambassador for the Albert Kennedy Trust.

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