The Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families | |
In office 5 October 2008 – 6 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Kevin Brennan |
Succeeded by | Tim Loughton |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality | |
In office 24 January 2008 – 5 October 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | The Lord Triesman |
Succeeded by | The Lord Young of Norwood Green |
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 9 January 2007 – 5 October 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | The Lord McKenzie of Luton |
Succeeded by | The Lord Young of Norwood Green |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 11 June 2004 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] London England | 30 August 1961
Political party | Crossbench (since 2011) |
Other political affiliations | Labour (until 2011) |
Spouse | Jim Shepherd (1991-present) |
Alma mater | University College, London |
Website | www.baronessmorgan.org.uk |
Delyth Jane Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 30 August 1961) is a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, having formerly sat as a Labour peer. She was raised to the peerage in 2004 and appointed Chief Executive of the Breast Cancer Campaign, now Breast Cancer Now, in 2011.[2] She was educated at Bedford College, London, BSc Physiology & Biochemistry, 1983, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London,[3] and also University College London.[4] She was president of the London University Union (1985–86).[4]