Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

The Right Honourable The Baroness Smith of Basildon
Official portrait, 2024
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	The Lord True
Leader of the Opposition in the Lords
In office 27 May 2015 – 5 July 2024
Party Leader	Harriet Harman (acting) Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by	The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Succeeded by	The Lord True
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 28 June 2007 – 8 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Keith Hill
Succeeded by	Anne Snelgrove
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State Under-Secretary of State Northern Ireland Exectutive Direct rule portfolios Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life Peerage Assumed office 8 July 2010 Member of Parliament for Basildon In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 Preceded by David Amess Succeeded by Stephen Metcalfe Personal details Born Angela Evans 7 January 1959 (aged 66) London, England Political party Labour Co-op Spouse(s) Nigel Smith Alma mater Leicester Polytechnic (BA) Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959) is a Labour Co-operative politician from England. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election. Smith was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion. Following the Labour Party's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Baroness Basildon was appointed as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July. Angela Smith, Baroness Smith Of Basildon Media Smith at the Lords' dispatch box in 2021 Smith holding the Cap of Maintenance at the 2024 King's Speech. Notes References Other websites Angela Smith: Electoral history and profile The Guardian Angela Smith MP TheyWorkForYou.com Voting Record – Angela Smith MP The Public Whip