Lorraine Barrett

Lorraine Barrett
Assembly Commissioner
In office
9 June 2007 – 25 May 2011
Preceded byNew post
Succeeded bySandy Mewies
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Cardiff South and Penarth
In office
6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byNew Assembly
Succeeded byVaughan Gething
Majority2,754 (10.3%)
Personal details
Born (1950-03-18) 18 March 1950 (age 74)
Ynyshir, Rhondda, Wales
Political partyLabour and Co-operative Party
SpousePaul Barrett
Children2

Lorraine Jayne Barrett (born 18 Mar 1950[1][2]) is a former Welsh Labour & Co-operative Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff South and Penarth and an Assembly Commissioner from 2007 until 2011.

Barrett publicly announced in February 2009 that she would not be seeking re-election to the Assembly in 2011[3] and would instead pursue her new vocation as a Humanists UK-accredited humanist Celebrant. She now conducts humanist or non-religious funeral ceremonies for local residents.

  1. ^ @PenarthSoulClub (18 March 2018). "Happy birthday to Shelley's Mum @LorrBarrett, pictured here in February 1987 with @billybragg She helps us out a lot with @PenarthSoulClub selling t-shirts, promoting and more recently babysitting Maude so we can go out and play records!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Lorraine Jayne BARRETT – Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ AM to become humanist celebrant, BBC News, 14 February 2009. Retrieved 2012-09-10.