Saturday, 22 June 2019
2309 Lorely Burt
Constituency : Solihull 2005-2015
Lorely pulled off the most surprising result of the election by taking the apparently safe seat of Solihull from the Tories by 279 votes.
Lorely was born in Staffordshire and was educated at High Arcal Grammar School and University College, Swansea. She became an Assistant Governor at Holloway Prison then moved into personnel and training. She set up her own training company. She became a councillor in 1998. She stood for Dudley South in 2001 improving on her husband Richard's vote in 1997. and was on the list for the West Midlands in the European elections of 2004.
Lorely became a spokesman on Northern Ireland and an Assistant Whip. After Menzies Campbell's election, she became spokesman on Small Business , Women and Equality. Nick Clegg switched her to Business and Regulatory Reform. She became chair of the parliamentary party in 2007.
In 2010 Lorely held her seat by 175 votes. In 2011 she called for a change in Nick Clegg's leadership style after the AV referendum defeat. She became PPS to Danny Alexander in 2013 and an assistant government whip a year later. In 2014 she stood for Deputy Leader of the party but lost out to Malcolm Bruce.
In 2015 Lorely was defeated by nearly 13,000 votes. She became a Baroness in the Dissolution Honours that year. She became the spokesman for Business, Innovation and Skills.
She is now 64.
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