Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 21 July 2004 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 October 1957 |
Political party | Tim Razzall[1] |
Alma mater | University College London |
Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (born 20 October 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat politician,[2] and member of the House of Lords.[3]
Background
Family
Bonham Carter hails from the
In 2008 she was reported to be the partner of Lord Razzall. Bonham Carter has declared the relationship in the House of Lords Register of Interests.[4]
Her cousins include the actress Helena Bonham Carter and fellow Liberal Democrat parliamentarian Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith.[5]
Education
Bonham-Carter was educated at
.Career
Bonham-Carter worked in television before being raised to the peerage, spending time at both the BBC and Channel 4, producing programmes such as Panorama, Newsnight and A Week In Politics.
In 1996 she became the Liberal Democrats' Director of Communications, a role she held through the 1997 election before returning to a career in television as an independent producer at Brook Lapping Productions, where she produced a number of documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC and ITV, including the award-winning series Maggie: the First Lady.
On 23 June 2004 she was created a
and was appointed Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Broadcasting and the Arts.She has been a member of various House of Lords Select Committees, including the BBC Charter review set up in 2005, and the Parliamentary Communications Committee.
After the formation of the coalition government in 2010, she was elected deputy convenor of Liberal Democrat Peers and was appointed co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which includes the role of Liberal Democrat spokesperson on DCMS matters in the House of Lords.
Bonham-Carter has served on the advisory committee of the
She is a Vice-President of the Debating Group.[7]
On 19 April 2015 it was announced that Bonham-Carter would be a patron of the Studio Theatre, Ashley Road, Salisbury.[8]
Expenses
Jane Bonham Carter attracted criticism in 2008 when it was revealed that she and her partner,
Arms
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See also
Notes
- ^ The titles of the three judges Baron Russell of Killowen were created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.
References
- ^ "Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury – Registered Interests". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
I also disclose the interests disclosed by my partner, Lord Razzall
- ^ "Jane Bonham Carter". Liberal Democrats.
- ^ www.parliament.uk
- ^ "Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
- ^ "No. 57340". The London Gazette. 29 June 2004. p. 8083.
- ^ "Debating Group". Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Baroness Bonham-Carter named as patron of city theatre, Salisbury Journal, 19 April 2015
- ^ Hencke, David (12 May 2009). "House of Lords faces inquiry into peers' expenses claims". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "House of Lords expenses". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019.