The Baroness Wilcox of Newport | |||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 10 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Leader of the Welsh Local Government Association | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 June 2017 – 6 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bob Wellington | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Andrew Morgan | ||||||||||||||||
| Leader of Newport City Council | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 May 2016 – 12 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bob Bright | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jane Mudd | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Newport City Council for Gaer | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 May 2004 – 5 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1957 Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama (BEd) University of Wales, Cardiff (MA) | ||||||||||||||||
Deborah Ann Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport (born 15 June 1957) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Leader of the Welsh Local Government Association from 2017 to 2019. Wilcox was Leader of Newport City Council from 2016 to 2019 and served on the Council from 2004 to 2022.