Lorraine Barrett

Lorraine Barrett
Assembly Commissioner
In office 9 June 2007 – 25 May 2011
First Minister	Carwyn Jones Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	New post
Succeeded by	Sandy Mewies
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff South and Penarth
In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Vaughan Gething
Majority	2,754 (10.3%)
Personal details
Born	1950 Ynyshir, Rhondda, Wales
Political party	Labour and Co-operative Party
Spouse(s)	Paul Barrett
Children	2

Lorraine Jayne Barrett (born 1950) is a former Welsh Labour & Co-operative Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff South and Penarth and an Assembly Commissioner from 2007 until 2011.

Barrett publicly announced in February 2009 that she would not be seeking re-election to the Assembly in 2011 and would instead pursue her new vocation as a British Humanist Association-accredited humanist Celebrant. She now conducts humanist or non-religious funeral ceremonies for local residents.

Barrett was born in Ynyshir, Rhondda, to Rosina and Donald Booth, a retired coalminer, and went to Porth County School for Girls. She married Paul "Legs" Barrett, the manager/agent of rock and roll acts such as Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets. They have a son, Lincoln Barrett (also known as drum and bass DJ High Contrast) and a daughter, Satellite City actor Shelley Miranda Barrett.

Barrett is a humanist and retired from constituency politics in 2011 to concentrate on her humanist celebrant duties.

She was a nurse and a Councillor in the Vale of Glamorgan and Penarth Town Council and worked as an assistant to the current Cardiff South and Penarth Member of Parliament, Alun Michael for 12 years from 1987-99. She was a member of the Welsh Labour executive and the National Policy Forum.

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