The Baroness Ashton of Upholland, PC

Foretitle(s): Baroness (Life Peer UK 1999), of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire;
Surname: ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND
Style: The Baroness Ashton of Upholland, PC

Career: administrative offr CND 1977-79, Coverdale Orgn 1979-81, Central Cncl for Educn and Trg in Social Work 1981-83, dir of community devpt and public affrs Business in the Community 1983-89, public policy advsr 1989-, dir Political Context 1996-98, seconded by London First to Home Office 1998-99; Parly under-sec of state: DfES 2001-04, DCA 2004-07, Miny of Justice 2007; ldr House of Lords and Lord Pres of the Cncl 2007-08, EU cmmr for external trade 2008-; chm Herts HA 1998-2001; advsr Lattice Fndn 2000-01, tstee Verulanium Museum, patron Grove Hospice St Albans, ambass Herts Guides; Min of the Year House Magazine 2005, Peer of the Year Channel 4 2005, Politician of the Year Stonewall 2006