Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999
Leader
William Hague
Preceded by
Norman Fowler
Succeeded by
John Redwood
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998
Leader
William Hague
Preceded by
Alastair Goodlad
Succeeded by
George Young
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998
Leader
William Hague
Preceded by
Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by
George Young
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment
In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997
Leader
John Major
Preceded by
David Blunkett
Succeeded by
Stephen Dorrell
Secretary of State for Education and Employment[a]
In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister
John Major
Preceded by
John Patten
Succeeded by
David Blunkett
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister
John Major
Preceded by
John Gummer
Succeeded by
William Waldegrave
Secretary of State for Employment
In office 10 April 1992 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister
John Major
Preceded by
Michael Howard
Succeeded by
David Hunt
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2005 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk
In office 11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by
Paul Hawkins
Succeeded by
Christopher Fraser
Personal details
Born
Gillian Patricia Watts
(1940-01-22) 22 January 1940 (age 84) Cromer, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Thomas Shephard
(m. 1975)
Alma mater
St Hilda's College, Oxford
a. ^ Shephard served as Education Secretary from 1994 to 1995. In July 1995, Shephard took over the duties of the former role of Secretary of State for Employment, held by Michael Portillo until the role was abolished. Shephard then became Education and Employment Secretary.
Gillian Patricia Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, PC, DL (néeWatts; born 22 January 1940), is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1987 to 2005.[1] Shephard served as a Cabinet Minister, and is now Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Shephard is currently the chair of the Alumni Association of Oxford University. She was the chair of the Council of the Institute of Education until 2015 and deputy commissioner of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission until 2017.
^"Gillian Shephard". BBC News Online. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
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