Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington

The Baroness Jay of Paddington
Margaret Jay in December 2019
Chair of the Constitution Committee
In office
22 June 2010 – 14 May 2014
Preceded byThe Lord Goodlad
Succeeded byThe Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
DeputyThe Lord Williams of Mostyn
Preceded byThe Lord Richard
Succeeded byThe Lord Williams of Mostyn
Minister for Women
In office
27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byHarriet Harman
Succeeded byPatricia Hewitt
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
LeaderThe Lord Richard
Preceded byThe Earl Ferrers
Succeeded byThe Lord Williams of Mostyn
Minister of State for Health
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byThe Baroness Cumberlege
Succeeded byThe Baroness Hayman
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
21 October 1992
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Margaret Ann Callaghan

(1939-11-18) 18 November 1939 (age 85)
Political partyLabour
Spouses
(m. 1961; div. 1986)
Michael Adler
(m. 1994)
Children3
Parents
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford

Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, PC (née Callaghan; born 18 November 1939), is a British politician for the Labour Party and former BBC television producer and presenter.