Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford
The Baroness Sharp of Guildford | |
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Born | 21 November 1938 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Margaret Lucy Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 21 November 1938) is a former member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. She sat as a Liberal Democrat.
Early life
She is the daughter of Osmund and Sydney Hailstone. She was educated at Tonbridge Grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge where she gained a BA in 1960.
Career
She had a successful career as an
Sharp's political career began in the early 1980s when she joined the newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) and was selected to stand in Guildford in the 1983 general election. She fought three further elections in Guildford for the SDP and then the Liberal Democrats, gradually squeezing a 20,000 majority down to 4,500 and preparing the way for Liberal Democrat Sue Doughty's victory in the 2001 election.
On the national scene she has played an active part in policy making, chairing a number of policy working groups and for several years being vice-chair to Paddy Ashdown on the Party's main policy committee.
As leader of higher and further education policy group, who produced the paper 'Quality, Diversity and Choice' which is now party policy, Sharp was widely attributed as masterminding the Liberal Democrat's rejection of
She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering.[1]
House of Lords
She was created a
Personal life
She married Thomas Sharp CBE in 1962. He has been a Lib Dem councillor on
References
- ^ "Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "No. 55217". The London Gazette. 6 August 1998. p. 8583.
- ^ Baroness Sharp of Guildford – UK Parliament
External links
- Baroness Sharp of Guildford profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 19 October 1998