Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Office:Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury
Primeminister:Rishi Sunak
Term Start:14 November 2023
Term End:5 July 2024
Predecessor:The Baroness Penn
Successor:Emma Reynolds
Office1:Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime and Security
Primeminister1:Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss[1]
Rishi Sunak[2]
Term Start1:23 April 2019
Term End1:14 November 2023
Predecessor1:The Baroness Sugg
Successor1:The Lord Davies of Gower
Office3:Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
Primeminister3:Theresa May
Term Start3:21 December 2016
Term End3:30 July 2019
Predecessor3:The Lord Henley
Successor3:The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Office5:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start5:12 September 2016
Life Peerage
Birth Date:9 March 1969
Spouse:Mike Chattey (m. 2016)
Birth Place:Malacca, Malaysia
Alma Mater:University College London
Northwestern University
Party:Conservative

Charlotte Sarah Emily Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton (born 9 March 1969) is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. She also serves as a Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury and was executive director of the Girls' Schools Association from 2013 to 2016.

Education

Vere is the eldest daughter of Colonel Roger Vere and of Karin Terry.[3] She was educated at Stover School, University College London (BSc, 1989) and at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA, 1997).[4]

Professional career

From to 2007 to 2009, Vere was CEO at social enterprise Big White Wall.[5] Vere was Executive Director at Girls' Schools Association between 2012 and 2016.[6]

Political career

She was the Conservative candidate in the constituency of Brighton Pavilion at the 2010 general election. She finished third with 23.7 percent of the vote.[7]

She served as a director of the "No to alternative voting" campaign during the UK's 2011 referendum on changing its voting system,[8] later working as executive director of 'Conservatives In', an unsuccessful campaign supporting a remain vote in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.

She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Vere of Norbiton, of Norbiton in the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames, on 30 August 2016.

On 21 December 2016, she was appointed as a Baroness in Waiting (i.e. government whip in the House of Lords) until 29 July 2019.[9] [10]

Department for Transport

She became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport on 23 April 2019.

Following changes in the Sunak ministry, on 2 November 2022, she became minister for shipping (maritime) in the Department for Transport.[11] [12] At the same time, she was confirmed as the Government transport spokesperson in House of Lords, with responsibility for aviation, space and local transport, including buses.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 . 2022-09-20 . GOV.UK . en.
  2. Web site: Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 . 2022-10-30 . GOV.UK . en.
  3. Web site: Mr M.S.K. Chattey and Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements. 2020-11-09. announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ‘VERE OF NORBITON’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  5. News: Chiles . Andy . 18 November 2009 . Charlotte Vere picked in "open primary" . The Argus . 28 March 2023.
  6. News: Santry . Charlotte . 4 October 2016 . Girls' schools chief 'sacked' weeks after being awarded a peerage . TES . 28 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Election 2010 – Brighton Pavilion. BBC News.
  8. News: I was sacked over peerage, says ex-girls' schools chief. Lucy. Fisher. Grant. Tucker. 12 October 2016. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016. 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. 27 December 2016.
  10. Web site: Parliamentary career for Baroness Vere of Norbiton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament. 2020-11-09. members.parliament.uk. en.
  11. Web site: UK appoints latest minister for shipping . Lloyd's List . 8 November 2022.
  12. Web site: Baroness Vere is appointed Maritime Minister . Hellenic Shipping News . 8 November 2022.
  13. Web site: New team announced at DfT in Sunak reshuffle . 2 November 2022 . Transport Xtra. 8 November 2022.