Ellen Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton, DBE, DL (born 1 June 1942, Bradford, England) has been a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords since 2010.
She was a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council from 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association 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 1995âÂÂ
- Council Leader 2000âÂÂ06
- Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural Consortium
- Former co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Member, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
- Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, chairman, Conservative Group, 2008âÂÂ11
- Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003âÂÂ06
- Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire since 2008
- Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008âÂÂ11
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, Common Sense Group as anti-"woke" group within the Conservative Party
- Member of Advisory Group, Marston Holdings (bailiffs)
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