The Baroness Thornhill | |
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Mayor of Watford | |
In office 6 May 2002 – 6 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Peter Taylor |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 21 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales | 26 May 1955
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Website | (as archived November 2009) |
Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill, MBE (born 26 May 1955) was the first directly elected mayor of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. She served as Mayor of Watford from May 2002 until May 2018. She was nominated for a life peerage in August 2015.[1]