Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Baroness Andrews
Office:Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Primeminister:Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Term Start:5 May 2006
Term End:5 June 2009
Predecessor:her self
Office2:Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Regeneration and Regional Development
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Primeminister2:Tony Blair
Term Start2:11 May 2005
Term End2:5 May 2006
Predecessor2:Yvette Cooper
Successor2:her self
Office3:Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
Monarch3:Elizabeth II
Primeminister3:Tony Blair
Term Start3:1 January 2002
Term End3:11 May 2005
Predecessor3:new appointment
Office5:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start5:22 May 2000
Life Peerage
Birth Date:16 May 1943
Nationality:British
Party:Labour

Elizabeth Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, (born 16 May 1943) is a British Labour politician and life peer. She was Chair of English Heritage from July 2009 to July 2013.

She worked as a Library Clerk (senior researcher) in the House of Commons Library from 1970 to 1985 and was one of the first people in public service to job share. She then became a policy adviser to Neil Kinnock in his office as Leader of the Opposition 1985–92. She served as Director of Education Extra until 2002.

She was created a life peer as Baroness Andrews, of Southover in the County of East Sussex on 9 May 2000.[1] In the House of Lords, she served as a Government Whip from May 2002 and was a Government Spokesperson for Education and Skills; Health; and Work and Pensions until the election in May 2005. She was then appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government. She stood down from Government in July 2009.

On 27 July 2009, Andrews became the Chair of English Heritage. She was the first woman to head the organisation. She stood down from the position in July 2013.[2]

She is a Vice President of the Campaign for National Parks, President of the Friends of Lewes and a Trustee of the Prince’s Regeneration Trust.

Honours

Andrews was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours[3] On 15 October 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Working Peers List . 10 Downing Street . 4 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203032516/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2796 . 3 February 2010 .
  2. Web site: Baroness Kay Andrews, OBE . Heritage Exchange . Heritage Lottery Fund . 3 December 2015 . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208154832/http://www.heritageexchange.co.uk/content/baroness-kay-andrews-obe . 8 December 2015 .
  3. Web site: Baroness Kay Andrews OBE becomes first woman Chair of English Heritage . Department of Culture, Media and Sport . 4 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726005412/http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/6197.aspx . 26 July 2009 .
  4. Web site: 15 Oct Ballot Results. Society of Antiquaries of London. 3 December 2015. 15 October 2015.