Ellen Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton, DBE, DL (born 1 June 1942,

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) has been a Conservative Party life peer in the British

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since 2010. She was a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council from 1986 and was the Chairman of the

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until June 2011.

Biography

Born as Ellen Margaret Midgley in 1942 to John and Evelyn (née Smith) Midgley, she attended Hanson Grammar School and the Balls Park Teacher Training College, where she achieved a Certificate in Education. She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter.

Political career

* Member, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1986 * Leader of Conservative Group 1995– * Council Leader 2000–06 * Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural Consortium * Former co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company,

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* Member,

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* Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, Chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–11 * Member,

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, 2003–06 * Deputy Lieutenant for

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since 2008 * Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008–11

Affiliations

* Chairman and Trustee, Near Neighbours (national registered charity) * Trustee, Angelus Foundation (national registered charity for drugs education) * Trustee, Cottingley Town Hall, Cottingley, Bradford, West Yorkshire * Member,

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as anti-"

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" group within the Conservative Party

Honours

* Officer of the

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(OBE) in the

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. * Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the

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* Baroness Eaton, of Cottingley, in the County of West Yorkshire on 21 July 2010 * Honorary

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of the

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- December 2012

References

External links

BBC Democracy Profile
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