The Baroness Hanham | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron[1] |
| Preceded by | The Lord McKenzie of Luton |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Stowell of Beeston |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 27 July 1999 – 22 July 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Brownlow Spark 23 September 1939 United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Ian (or Iain) William Fergusson Hanham (m. 1964) |
Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham, CBE (née Spark; born 23 September 1939) is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a Conservative.
She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2013,[2] and was leader of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1989. She was succeeded by Cllr Merrick Cockell, who became leader in April 2000.[3]
She was made a Life peer as Baroness Hanham, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on 15 July 1999.[4] That same year, Hanham was a candidate for the re-run Conservative nomination to be Mayor of London, losing to Steve Norris. She retired from the House of Lords on 22 July 2020.[5]
- ^ "Dr Iain Hanham". From the Hornet's Nest. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Biography: Baroness Hanham CBE". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Cllr Merrick Cockell – Profile – Conservative Party<Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 55559". The London Gazette. 21 July 1999. p. 7857.
- ^ "Baroness Hanham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 July 2020.