Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson

The Baroness Randerson
Official portrait, 2023
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
5 September 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Sec. of StateDavid Jones
Stephen Crabb
Preceded byDavid Jones
Succeeded byNick Bourne
Deputy First Minister of Wales
Acting
In office
6 July 2001 – 13 June 2002
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byMichael German
Succeeded byMichael German
Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language
In office
17 October 2000 [1] – 30 April 2003
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byNew post
Succeeded byAlun Pugh
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Cardiff Central
In office
6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byNew Assembly
Succeeded byJenny Rathbone
Majority6,565 (29.3%)
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
27 January 2011
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1948-05-26) 26 May 1948 (age 76)
London, England
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Liberal Party (pre 1988)
SpousePeter Randerson
ResidenceCardiff, Wales
Alma materBedford College, London

Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson, Baroness Randerson (born 26 May 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.[2] She is a former junior minister in the Wales Office serving in the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Prior to her peerage she was an Assembly Member for Cardiff Central from 1999 to 2011 when she served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.[3]

She is a former Cardiff councillor for Cyncoed. In 2019 she was appointed Chancellor of Cardiff University.

  1. ^ "BBC News | WALES | Welsh coalition deal sealed by leaders". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ Notice of life peerage for Jenny Randerson, number10.gov.uk; accessed 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ Profile, BBC.co.uk; accessed 20 March 2014.