Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The Right Honourable The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean PC
Official portrait, 2018
Minister of State for the Middle East
In office 11 June 2001 – 5 May 2005
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Battle
Succeeded by	Kim Howells
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Richard Caborn
Succeeded by	Mike O'Brien
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office 8 June 2001 – 6 June 2005
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Leader	The Lord Williams of Mostyn The Baroness Amos
Preceded by	The Lord Williams of Mostyn
Succeeded by	The Lord Rooker
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office 28 July 1999 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	The Lord Gilbert
Succeeded by	The Lord Bach
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 2 May 1997 – 28 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	Patricia Scotland
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 1996 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Conway Symons (1951-04-14) 14 April 1951 (age 73)
Political party	Labour
Parent	Ernest Symons
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge

Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean PC (born 14 April 1951) is a British politician and trade unionist. A member of the Labour Party, she was Minister of State for the Middle East from 2001 to 2005. She is former General Secretary of the FDA Trade Union and has served as the Chair of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) since 2010.