Gillian Merron

Baroness Merron
Born	12 April 1959
Alma mater	Lancaster University
Religion	Jewish
BoD Chief Executive In office 2014 - Present Employer Board of Deputies of British Jews  Member of Parliament for Lincoln In office 1 May 1997 - 12 April 2010 Preceded by Michael Bates, Alexander Carlile, Lord Carlile, Paul Channon, Winston Churchill II, Tristan Garel-Jones, Charles Hendry, Alan Howarth, David Howell, Douglas Hurd, Greville Janner, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Liz Lynne, Michael Portillo, Nicholas Soames, David Steel

Gillian Joanna Merron, Baroness Merron (born 12 April 1959) is a British politician serving as Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 2014. A member of the Labour Party, Gillian Merron was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010. She held a number of ministerial roles after May 2006, ending as Minister of State for Public Health from 2009 to 2010.

Peer Rage

In August 2016, the BoD's Gillian Merron strongly criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to nominate Shami Chakrabarti for a peerage, dismissing her report into antisemitism within the Labour Party as “something of a whitewash”.

Peerage

In December 2020, Labour leader Keir Starmer nominated Gillian Merron for a life peerage. Baroness Merron said:

"I am very much looking forward to taking my place in the House of Lords.”

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