Margaret Eileen Joyce Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler (born 25 March 1949) is a British
Labour member of the
House of Lords who is an Opposition
Whip
A whip is a tool or weapon designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism. They are generally e ...
.
In the
2005 Birthday Honours
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2005. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged first by the coun ...
she was appointed a Member of the
Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Trade Unions.
She was created a
life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...
on 20 June 2010 taking the title Baroness Wheeler, ''of
Blackfriars Blackfriars, derived from Black Friars, a common name for the Dominican Order of friars, may refer to:
England
* Blackfriars, Bristol, a former priory in Bristol
* Blackfriars, Canterbury, a former monastery in Kent
* Blackfriars, Gloucester, a f ...
in the
City of London'',
and was
introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010.
Parliamentary career
* Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Social Care (4 June 2018 – present)
*
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip is a position in the Opposition Frontbench in the House of Lords. The office holder tends to be shared by two members, each responsible for supervising whips in the chamber and reporting to the Leader and Chief Whip. A ...
(31 January 2018 – present)
* Opposition Senior Whip in the House of Lords (1 April 2014 – present)
* Opposition Whip in the House of Lords (8 October 2010 – 1 April 2014)
References
External links
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1949 births
Labour Party (UK) life peers
Living people
Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
Members of the Order of the British Empire
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