Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Shephard of Northwold PC |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
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In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Norman Fowler |
| Succeeded by | John Redwood |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Alastair Goodlad |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Michael Heseltine |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Blunkett |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Secretary of State for Education and Employment | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Herself (Education) Michael Portillo (Employment) |
| Succeeded by | David Blunkett |
| Secretary of State for Education | |
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In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John Patten |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Education and Employment) |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John Gummer |
| Succeeded by | William Waldegrave |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Howard |
| Succeeded by | David Hunt |
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Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Hawkins |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Fraser |
| Personal details | |
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22 January 1940 Cromer, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Shephard (1975–present) |
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford |
Gillian Patricia Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, PC, DL (née Watts; born 22 January 1940) is an English Conservative politician; she was the Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk and served as a Cabinet Minister, and is now Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Baroness Shephard is currently Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission She is the chair of the Alumni Association of Oxford University and was the chair of the Council of the Institute of Education until 2015.
The daughter of Reginald and Bertha Watts, she was born in Cromer, Norfolk, and educated at North Walsham Girls' High School and St Hilda's College, Oxford, from which she gained an MA in Modern Languages. After this she became a schoolteacher and then worked as an Education Inspector for Norfolk County Council from 1963 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977 she worked for Anglia Television. She was elected to Parliament in 1987, and became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Lilley in 1988. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department of Social Security in 1989, and then in 1990, Minister of State at HM Treasury. In 1990 she was given the additional role of Deputy Chairman of the Party. She married Thomas Shephard on 27 December 1975 and has two stepsons.
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