The Baroness Twycross | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Stuart Andrew |
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| Assumed office 11 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience | |
| In office 1 April 2018 – 10 May 2024 | |
| Mayor | Sadiq Khan |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Jules Pipe |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2022 Life Peerage | |
| Member of the London Assembly as the 6th Additional Member | |
| In office 6 May 2016 – 22 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Murad Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Murad Qureshi |
| Member of the London Assembly as the 8th Additional Member | |
| In office 3 May 2012 – 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Caroline Pidgeon |
| Succeeded by | Tom Copley |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Fiona Ruth Twycross, Baroness Twycross (born 29 May 1969) is a Labour Party politician. She was born in South London before moving to Oxford. She studied at Cheney School in Oxford before going on to study Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in contemporary Scandinavian literature. She subsequently studied Public Policy and Management at Birkbeck, University of London.[1] She has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling and a Baroness-in-Waiting since July 2024.[2]
- ^ "Fiona Twycross | » About Me". fionatwycross.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Baroness Twycross". GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 July 2024.