The Baroness Thornton | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 February 2010 – 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Darzi of Denham | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Earl Howe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 February 2008 – 19 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Garden of Frognal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 23 July 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Dorothea Glenys Thornton 16 October 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour Co-op | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (BSc) | ||||||||||||||||||
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton (born 16 October 1952), known as Glenys Thornton, is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 1998. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was a Government Whip and Health Minister between 2008 and 2010.