Vera Baird
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Dame Vera Baird DBE QC |
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Vera Baird
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| Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner | |
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Assumed office 15 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 29 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Edward Garnier |
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Member of Parliament for Redcar |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Succeeded by | Ian Swales |
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13 February 1950 Chadderton, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | David Taylor-Gooby 1972–78 (divorced) Robert Brian Baird 1978–79 (deceased) |
| Children | Two stepsons |
| Residence | Gosforth, Newcastle |
| Alma mater | Newcastle Polytechnic, Open University,London Guildhall University, University of Teesside |
Dame Vera Baird DBE QC (née Thomas; born 13 February 1950) is the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, a British Labour Party activist, barrister, author and lecturer. She serves as a Visiting Professor of Legal Practice at Newcastle University, as an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law at Northumbria University, as a Visiting Law Professor at London South Bank University, as a Visiting Law Lecturer at Teesside University and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She currently sits as a Member of the Trustees of Respect (which advises male domestic abuse victims and accredits courses for rehabilitating perpetrators of abuse), is the only woman honorary member of the Durham Miners Association. She was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 2001 to 2010, was a UK Government Minister from 2006 to 2010 and the UK Government's Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2007 to 2010.
Baird became the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria in November 2012, and was re-elected with an increased majority in May 2016. During her first campaign she featured her intention to champion neighbourhood policing, improve how anti-social behaviour and drug crime are dealt with and prioritise tackling violence against women.
Baird was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to women and equality.
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