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Lorely Burt
British Liberal Democrat politician (born )
Lorely Jane Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull (born 10 September ), is a British politician, who was the Liberal DemocratMember of Parliament for Solihull from to [1] She received a life peerage in the Dissolution Honours.[2] She is a patron of Humanists UK.[3]
Early life
Burt attended High Arcal Grammar School, Dudley (–) and Dudley Technical College (A-levels –) before going to University College, Swansea, where she attained a BSc degree in Economics.
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Employment before Parliament
After graduating in economics, Burt began her career in the Prison Service as an Assistant Governor at HM Prison Holloway before working for several national companies in personnel and training. She later set up a training company and worked as a director in the marketing and financial services sector.
She started part-time consultancy work when she became the prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for Solihull.
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Burt's political career began on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, where she served from to She stood for election in Dudley South at the general election. She also stood for the West Midlands region at the European Parliament election.
Member of Parliament
In the run up to the general election, Burt campaigned on various local issues affecting Solihull, and succeeded in overturning incumbent John Taylor's 9, majority to a majority in her favour.
Following her election, Burt became a Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Northern Ireland, an Opposition Whip, and served on the Treasury Select Committee.
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In October , she was elected as the party's first female Chair of the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Party,[broken anchor] defeating John Thurso and Andrew George in a poll of MPs.[4]
In the general election, boundary changes had made her seat notionally Conservative.
She held Solihull by votes over her Conservative opponent Maggie Throup.
In Burt was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Danny Alexander,[5] the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Upon taking this new role she resigned from her positions as BIS Co-Chair and Chair of the Parliamentary Party.
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In November Burt was appointed to be an Assistant Government Whip.[7]
She lost her seat to the Conservative Julian Knight in the general election. Burt and her supporters were criticised for pushing away reporters as she left her election count following her defeat.[8]
She was announced as a new peer in the Dissolution Honours and on the afternoon of 9 October she was created Baroness Burt of Solihull, of Solihull in the County of West Midlands.[9][10]
Campaigns
Burt has campaigned on a number of issues both locally and nationally.
Locally, she has campaigned to prevent Shirley parkland from being developed,[11] to save Solihull's NHS Walk-In Centre,[12] to save Shirley Library from closure[13] and for a better ambulance service.[14]
Personal life
Burt is married to Richard, who himself has been a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate several times, and has a daughter and a stepson.
She is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society[15] and a Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.[16]