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Elizabeth Berridge, Baroness Berridge

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The Baroness Berridge
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Women
In office
14 February 2020 – 17 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byVictoria Atkins
Succeeded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for the School System
In office
13 February 2020 – 17 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Lord Agnew of Oulton
Succeeded byThe Baroness Barran
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
30 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Succeeded byThe Viscount Younger of Leckie
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
18 January 2011
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Rose Berridge

(1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52)
Rutland, England
Political partyConservative
EducationBA (Hons) Law
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
OccupationMember of the House of Lords

Elizabeth Rose Berridge, Baroness Berridge (born 22 March 1972) is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.[1]

Life

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Born and educated in the county of Rutland, Lady Berridge attended Vale of Catmose College and Rutland College in Oakham. She then studied law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and undertook barrister's training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. Her professional career was as a barrister before she was appointed executive director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship in 2006.[2]

She fought Stockport for the Conservatives in the 2005 general election.

Baroness Berridge is also part of the Advisory Council of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East which supports the work of Canon Andrew White, the "vicar of Baghdad".

She is a founding and steering committee member of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief.

House of Lords

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On 18 January 2011, Berridge was created a life peeress as Baroness Berridge, of The Vale of Catmose in the County of Rutland,[3] and was introduced in the House of Lords on 20 January 2011.[4] where she sits on the Conservative benches. Born in 1972, she was the second youngest female member of the House of Lords, after Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho.[5]

She was co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief.

Baroness Berridge was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System at the Department for Education, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women at the Department for International Trade, by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February 2020.[6] She left the government during the cabinet reshuffle on 17 September 2021.[7]

Awards

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On 5 October 2017, Baroness Berridge was awarded the 2017 International Religious Liberty Award by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies and J. Reuben Clark Law Society.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "Baroness Berridge". BBC Democracy. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Life Peerage Awarded to CCF Director". Conservative Christian Fellowship Ltd. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. ^ "No. 59677". The London Gazette. 21 January 2011. p. 965.
  4. ^ House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings for Thursday 20 January 2011.
  5. ^ "FAQs: Membership and principal office holders". House of Lords Information Office. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women) - GOV.UK".
  7. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Baroness Elizabeth Berridge Receives 2017 International Religious Liberty Award". International Center for Law and Religion Studies. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School System
2020–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women
2020–present