Shaista Ahmad Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan is a British

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and

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. She was nominated for a

age by

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in August 2015.

Public service

Sheehan served as councillor for Kew from 2006 to 2010. She has also stood for

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at the

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and 2015 general election, finishing second and third, as well as the

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. She lives in

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. She was created a

taking the title Baroness Sheehan, ''of

in the

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and of

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in the

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'' on 2 October 2015. Between 2015 and 2019 she was a member of the

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on Energy and the Environment and since July 2019 she has served as a member of the

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References

1959 births Living people Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers British politicians of Pakistani descent Councillors in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) parliamentary candidates Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Alumni of Imperial College London People from Lahore Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom 21st-century English politicians 21st-century English women politicians {{UK-politician-stub