Jane Scott, Baroness Scott of Bybrook

The Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Official portrait, 2018
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith[1]
In office
20 September 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak[2]
Succeeded byThe Baron Khan of Burnley
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
14 February 2020 – 20 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Sater
Leader of the Wiltshire Council
In office
1 April 2009 – 10 July 2019
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byPhilip Whitehead
Leader of the Wiltshire County Council
In office
15 July 2003 – 1 April 2009
Preceded byPeter Chalke
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
3 November 2015
Life Peerage
Wiltshire Councillor
for Bybrook
In office
4 June 2009 – 14 February 2020
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byNick Botterill
Wiltshire County Councillor
for Kington
In office
1 May 1997 – 1 April 2009
Preceded byDoreen Darby
Succeeded byCouncil merged into Wiltshire Council
Personal details
Born (1947-06-13) 13 June 1947 (age 77)
Political partyConservative

Jane Antoinette Scott, Baroness Scott of Bybrook, OBE (born 13 June 1947) is a British Conservative politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith from September 2022 to July 2024.[3][4][5] She is a member of the House of Lords and was a government whip from 2020 to 2022. She was leader of Wiltshire County Council between 2003 and 2009 and then of its successor the Wiltshire Council unitary authority from June 2009 until July 2019, when she stood down, also retiring as a councillor in February 2020.

  1. ^ Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Faith and Communities until 13 November 2023
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Faith and Communities) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.