Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton

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 1995– Council Leader 2000–06 Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International Airport Member, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–11 Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003–06 Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire 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, Common Sense Group as anti-"woke" group within the Conservative Party Member of Advisory Group, Marston Holdings (bailiffs) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours Baroness Eaton, of Cottingley, in the County of West Yorkshire on 21 July 2010 Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Bradford - December 2012