Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson
The Right Honourable The Baroness Randerson | |
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Minister of State for Wales | |
In office 5 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | David Jones |
Succeeded by | Nick Bourne |
Deputy First Minister for Wales Acting | |
In office 6 July 2001 – 13 June 2002 | |
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
Preceded by | Michael German |
Succeeded by | Michael German |
Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language | |
In office 16 February 2000 – 30 April 2003 | |
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
Preceded by | New post |
Succeeded by | Alun Pugh |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff Central | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | New Assembly |
Succeeded by | Jenny Rathbone |
Majority | 6,565 (29.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
London, England | 26 May 1948
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Spouse(s) | Peter Randerson |
Residence | Cardiff, Wales |
Alma mater | Bedford College, London |
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson, Baroness Randerson (born 26 May 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.[1] She is former junior minister in the Wales Office, with specific responsibility for education.
She is a former Cardiff councillor and was an AM from 1999 to 2011, when she was created a life peer. She was a member of the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.[2]
Background
Randerson was educated at Bedford College, University of London, BSc Physiology and Biochemistry, 1983, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London.[3] She was a Cardiff councillor 1983-2000 and was a lecturer at Cardiff Tertiary College. She led the official opposition on the Council in Cardiff for four years. She introduced "Creative Future", a culture strategy for Wales and "Iaith Pawb", a strategy for the promulgation of the Welsh language.[4]
National Assembly for Wales
She was Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language in the Liberal Democrat/Labour Partnership Government from 2000 to 2003. She was acting Welsh Deputy First Minister from 6 July 2001 to 13 June 2002. She was Health and Social Services; Equal Opportunities and Finance Spokeswoman for the Welsh Liberal Democrats during the Second Assembly. She chaired Assembly Business and Standing Orders Committees during the Second Assembly.
Jenny stood for the leadership of the Welsh Liberal Democrats in 2008 but was defeated by Kirsty Williams who gained 60% to Jenny's 40% of the all member ballot. In the third Assembly Jenny Randerson was the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Education, Transport and the Economy. She did not seek re-election at the 2011 Assembly elections, with Nigel Howells - her Liberal Democrat successor, being narrowly defeated by Jenny Rathbone.
House of Lords
On 27 January 2011, she was created a life peer as Baroness Randerson, of Roath Park in the City of Cardiff[5] and was introduced in the House of Lords on 31 January 2011,[6] and sits on the Liberal Democrat benches. On 4 September 2012, she was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office.[7]
Baroness Randerson is the first female Welsh Liberal Democrat to hold ministerial office at Westminster and the first Welsh Liberal to hold a ministerial post since Gwilym Lloyd-George in 1945. Although English by birth and upbringing, she is also the first female non Labour Welsh politician to hold a government post at Westminster.
References
- ↑ Notice of life peerage for Jenny Randerson, number10.gov.uk; accessed 20 March 2014.
- ↑ Profile, BBC.co.uk; accessed 20 March 2014.
- ↑ Royal Holloway College, Higher Magazine No.17, autumn 2012, accessed 24 November 2012
- ↑ Jenny Randerson official website; accessed 20 March 2014.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59687. p. 1657. 1 February 2011.
- ↑ House of Lords Business, Monday 31 January 2011; accessed 20 March 2014.
- ↑ "Wales Office: Lib Dem Baroness Randerson made minister". BBC News. 5 September 2012.
External links
- Jenny Randerson AM official biography at the Welsh Assembly website
- Jenny Randerson AM profile at the site of Welsh Liberal Democrats
Offices held
National Assembly for Wales | ||
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Preceded by (New Post) |
Assembly Member for Cardiff Central 1999 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Jenny Rathbone |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by (new post) |
Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language 2000 – 2003 |
Succeeded by Alun Pugh |
Preceded by Michael German |
Deputy First Minister for Wales 6 July 2001 – 13 June 2002 (acting) |
Succeeded by Michael German |
Preceded by David Jones |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Wales Office 5 September 2012 - |
Succeeded by |