Judith Jolly, Baroness Jolly
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Jolly |
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| Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Defence | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2015 |
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| Leader |
Tim Farron Vince Cable |
| Preceded by | Nick Harvey |
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| Born | 27 April 1951 |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
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University of Leeds University of Nottingham |
Judith Anne Jolly, Baroness Jolly (born 27 April 1951) is a Liberal Democrat life peer. She was raised to the peerage in 2010 and was introduced to the House of Lords in January 2011. Her maiden speech was made within a week on health issues and she immediately became involved in briefings on the Health and Social Care Bill.
She is a trustee of FLEX, Focus on Labour Exploitation, and Help Musicians UK, an organisation which offers practical, positive support to emerging, professional and retired musicians - whatever the genre.
She chaired the Specialised Healthcare Alliance for two years until October 2013, a member organisation which campaigns for those with rare of complex diseases. She has worked with Think Global, a charity that works to educate and engage the UK public on global issues; she is especially interested in the regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
Judith was born in 1951 in Leamington Spa and went to The King's High School for Girls in Warwick. She graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Control Engineering, and subsequently attended Nottingham University, where she studied mathematics to become a teacher.
She spent a large part of her professional life in the far southwest of England. She taught mathematics for over 15 years and was a pioneer in information technology and computing in schools.
In the 1990s she lived for three years in Oman, while her husband was on loan service to the Royal Navy of Oman. Since then, she has an active interest in issues of the Persian Gulf region. During that time she worked in the British Council as a teacher of English as a foreign language and as a mentor for students who wanted to obtain a National Vocational Qualification.
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