Nicola Blackwood

The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Blackwood in 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science
In office
10 January 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord O'Shaughnessy
Succeeded byThe Lord Bethell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation
In office
14 July 2016 – 9 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byBen Gummer
Succeeded bySteve Brine
Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee
In office
18 June 2015 – 14 July 2016
Preceded byAndrew Miller
Succeeded byStephen Metcalfe
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
4 February 2019
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Oxford West and Abingdon
In office
6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byEvan Harris
Succeeded byLayla Moran
Personal details
Born
Nicola Claire Blackwood

(1979-10-16) 16 October 1979 (age 45)
Johannesburg, South Africa
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Paul Bate
(m. 2016)
Alma mater

Nicola Claire Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford[1] (born 16 October 1979) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. Baroness Blackwood was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 2010 to 2017. She has also been known by her married name Nicola Blackwood-Bate since 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8744.
  2. ^ "Blackwood-Bate, Nicola - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation at the Department of Health - ACOBA recommendation". GOV.UK. 20 November 2018.