Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham
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Born | Angela Theodora Billingham 31 July 1939 |
Nationality | Institute of Education |
Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham
Early life
Born Angela Theodora Case in
Political career
Baroness Billingham was a councillor for many years. From 1970 until 1974, she served on
Billingham was elected to the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby in 1994.[1] In 1999 she unsuccessfully stood for the European Parliament in the new East Midlands Region. She was made a life peer as Baroness Billingham, of Banbury in the County of Oxfordshire on 2 May 2000[2] and sits on the Labour benches.[3][4]
Interests
She has promoted sports for people with disabilities and is a regular on Sky News where she previews the following morning's newspapers. Angela also campaigns for reform of the current
Personal life
She married Peter Billingham in 1962 and they had two daughters, Zoë and Caroline. Peter died in 1992. Zoë is married to Dennis Skinner, son of
Parliamentary expenses
Subsistence Allowances are designed to help peers who live in the country to attend late-night votes and debates in Parliament, Billingham, who has a flat in Hampstead and a country house in Suffolk claimed £26,983 in 2006–07 in overnight allowances, prompting calls for an inquiry.[7]
References
- ^ Foster, Jonathan (13 June 1994). "The European Elections: Working-class voters wooed back". The Independent.
- ^ "No. 55846". The London Gazette. 12 May 2000. p. 5243.
- ^ Hartley-Brewer, Julia; Woodward, Will (31 March 2000). "Policy and Politics: Blair 'balances' Lords with 33 new peers". The Guardian. p. 11.
- ^ "Life Peers". The Times (London). 4 May 2000. p. 24.
- ^ "Register of All-Party Groups". House of Commons. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Slater, Matt (29 March 2010). "All-Party Tennis Group warns LTA over public profile". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Peers face demand for expenses probe". The Guardian. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022.