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Thursday, February 04, 2021

Jennifer Chapman's life peerage gazetted

 _. The life peerage recently awarded to Jennifer Chapman, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Chapman of Darlington, of Darlington in the County of Durham, 1 Feb, 2021.

Baroness Chapman of Darlington (born 25 September 1973) is a Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 2010 until 2019 when she lost her seat to Peter Gibson of the Conservative Party with a 3,294 majority. After losing her seat, she was the chair of Keir Starmer's successful campaign in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election and is currently a senior aide to him in his role as Leader of the Labour Party. In December 2020, it was announced she would be conferred a Life Peerage after a nomination by Starmer.

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