Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Not to be confused with Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane.

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Sanderson of Welton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1971-05-24) 24 May 1971 (age 53)
Political partyConservative

Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton (born 24 May 1971)[1] is a British political advisor, life peer, and former journalist.

As a journalist, she worked at the Mail on Sunday for 17 years.[2] She was a special adviser and Head of Features to Prime Minister (formerly Home Secretary) Theresa May from 2014 to 2019.[3][4][5]

In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[6] On 8 October 2019, she was made Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[7] She was introduced to the House of Lords on 22 October 2019.[8] She made her maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during the Lords consideration of the Phase 1 Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.[2]

In September 2022, she was appointed by the Government as the independent chair of an advisory panel to help develop a new strategy for public libraries.[9]

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Sanderson". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Baroness Sanderson of Welton (31 October 2019). "Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1044–1046.
  3. ^ "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ Goodman, Paul (5 September 2016). "The Conservative Research Department always wins. A guide to Downing Street's top team". Conservative Home. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ^ Wallace, Mark (15 July 2016). "Meet the new team at Number Ten". Conservative Home.
  6. ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. ^ "No. 62795". The London Gazette. 14 October 2019. p. 18368.
  8. ^ "MPs and Lords - Parliamentary career for Baroness Sanderson of Welton". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Baroness Sanderson to help develop new public libraries strategy". gov.uk. 2 September 2022.