The Baroness Shephard of Northwold | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
| In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Norman Fowler |
| Succeeded by | John Redwood |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Alastair Goodlad |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Michael Heseltine |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 | |
| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Blunkett |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Secretary of State for Education and Employment[a] | |
| In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John Patten |
| Succeeded by | David Blunkett |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John Gummer |
| Succeeded by | William Waldegrave |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
| In office 10 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Howard |
| Succeeded by | David Hunt |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2005 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk | |
| In office 11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Hawkins |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Fraser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gillian Patricia Watts 22 January 1940 Cromer, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Thomas Shephard (m. 1975) |
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford |
| a. ^ Shephard served as Education Secretary from 1994 to 1995. In July 1995, Shephard took over the duties of the former role of Secretary of State for Employment, held by Michael Portillo until the role was abolished. Shephard then became Education and Employment Secretary. | |
Gillian Patricia Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, PC, DL (née Watts; born 22 January 1940), is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1987 to 2005.[1] Shephard served as a Cabinet Minister, and is now Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Shephard is currently the chair of the Alumni Association of Oxford University. She was the chair of the Council of the Institute of Education until 2015 and deputy commissioner of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission until 2017.
- ^ "Gillian Shephard". BBC News Online. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.