Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
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Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon PC (born 7 January 1959)[1] is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010.
The Baroness Smith of Basildon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leader of the Opposition in the Lords Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 27 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party Leader | Harriet Harman (acting) Jeremy Corbyn Sir Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shadow Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 16 May 2012 – 28 May 2015 Served with The Lord Tunnicliffe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | The Lord Tunnicliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | The Lord McAvoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Angela Evans (1959-01-07) 7 January 1959 (age 65) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour Co-op | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Nigel Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Leicester Polytechnic (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith served in government as an Assistant Whip from 2001 to 2002 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2002 to 2007. She became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in 2007 and served until her appointment as Minister of State for the Third Sector in 2009. Smith lost her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 general election, contesting the reformed South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency. She was appointed to the House of Lords shortly after her defeat, where she became Shadow Deputy Chief Whip in 2012 and Shadow Leader in 2015.