Charlotte Sarah Emily Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton (born 9 March 1969) is a British

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politician and member of the

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. She serves also as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport and was executive director of the

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from 2013 to 2016.

Education

Vere is the eldest daughter of Colonel Roger Vere and of Karin Terry. She was educated at Stover School,

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(BSc, 1989) and at the

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(MBA, 1997).

Political career

She was the Conservative candidate in the constituency of

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at the 2010 general election. She finished third with 23.7 percent of the vote. She served as a director of the "No to alternative voting" campaign during the UK's 2011 referendum on changing its voting system, later working as executive director of 'Conservatives In', an unsuccessful campaign supporting a remain vote in the 2016 European Union membership referendum. She was nominated for a

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age in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Vere of Norbiton, of

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in the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames, on 30 August 2016. On 21 December 2016, she was appointed as a Baroness in Waiting (i.e. government whip in the

) until 29 July 2019.

Department for Transport

She became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the

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on 23 April 2019. Following changes in the Sunak ministry, on 2 November 2022, she became minister for shipping (maritime) in the Department for Transport. At the same time, she was confirmed as the Government transport spokesperson in

, with responsibility for aviation, space and local transport, including buses.

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Education

Political career

Department for Transport

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