Llinos Golding, Baroness Golding (born 21 March 1933) is a
Labour Party politician in the
United Kingdom
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who currently sits in the
House of Lords
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. She qualified as a
radiographer
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and worked in the
NHS
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, and is currently the
Patron
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of the
Society of Radiographers
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.
The daughter of MP
Ness Edwards
Ness Edwards (5 April 1897 – 3 May 1968) was a trade unionist and Welsh Labour Party politician: he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly from July 1939 until his death.
He was born in Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales, the se ...
, Golding was the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Newcastle-under-Lyme
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from 1986 to 2001, having replaced her husband
John Golding. After stepping down at the
2001 general election, she was created a
Life peer
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as Baroness Golding, of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the County of
Staffordshire
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in the same year.
Baroness Golding was the peer who vouched for the two '
Fathers for Justice
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' protesters who threw a
flour bomb
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Flour bombs and flour bombing are a classic protest method ...
at
Prime Minister
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Tony Blair
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during
Prime Minister's Questions
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on 19 May 2004. By vouching for them, Golding made it possible for the pair to access an area of the Commons viewing gallery not behind a glass security screen. There is no suggestion that she had any idea of their protest plans. Later the same afternoon, she apologised to the Houses of Lords and Commons for her part in the affair.
She is a board member of the
Countryside Alliance
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History
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, a pro-hunting organisation.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Lady Golding's Statement on the 19 May incident*
1933 births
Living people
Ceramic and Allied Trades Union-sponsored MPs
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Labour Party (UK) life peers
Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1983–1987
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
UK MPs 1997–2001
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Newcastle-under-Lyme
20th-century British women politicians
21st-century British women politicians
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
21st-century English women
21st-century English people
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