Eleanor Laing

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eleanor Laing
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 1, 1958(1958-02-01)
Age	66
Birthplace	Paisley
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aquarius

Eleanor Laing Biography

Eleanor Laing is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 1, 1958 in Paisley, United Kingdom. Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, DBE (née Pritchard, born 1 February 1958) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, fellow MPs elected her as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 2013, replacing Nigel Evans.

She was a strong critic of devolution, and attacked the Blair government on many of the details of the transfer of power. In December 2000, she was appointed as opposition Scottish spokeswoman.

In 2007, Laing voted against MPs’ expense claims being made public. In 2008 she was one of 172 MPs who voted to preserve what critics called a lax and over-generous system of Parliamentary expenses, which permits Members of Parliament to claim for expenses without producing receipts.

When bishops were told to vote against an equal gay rights law in March 2007, Laing spoke in favour of the law arguing that “her brand of Christianity” preached “live and let live”.

Laing sponsored the motion for lowering the homosexual age of consent to 16 in 1998, saying “Nothing that is being proposed tonight is in any way encouraging physical sexual activity among young people before they are sufficiently mature.” She differed with many of her Conservative colleagues, saying “It is nonsense to say that there cannot be equality between 16-year-old boys and 16 -year-old girls. Young people need protection, but young people are not protected by being made into criminals.” She opposed fellow Tories such as Nicholas Winterton who said that “a homosexual act is unnatural”, replying that the Bill did not challenge Christian teaching, and that it would not legalise anything which did not already happen. She did however go on to vote against the repeal of Section 28 in 2003.

Eleanor Laing Net Worth

Eleanor Laing is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eleanor Laing 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Laing contested Paisley North in the 1987 general election, but was defeated by the Labour incumbent Allen Adams. In 1995, she applied for the Southend West seat, but was defeated in the selection process by David Amess, the sitting MP for Basildon. Laing was later selected for the Epping Forest seat.

When Laing was first elected as the MP for Epping Forest at the 1997 general election, the seat was reduced to marginal status by the Labour landslide. Before her election, she had been offered support by Malcolm Rifkind and was generally considered to be a Europhile.

In 2001, her constituency returned to safe seat status with a 19.8% majority. In 2005, she increased that majority to 32%. She has an interest in education, transport, economic policy, constitution and devolution.

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Who is Eleanor Laing Dating?

According to our records, Eleanor Laing married to Alan Laing. As of December 1, 2023, Eleanor Laing’s is not dating anyone.

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In January 2016, Laing publicly criticised Tulip Siddiq, who was seven months pregnant at the time, for breaking the customs of the House by leaving a debate shortly after speaking. Siddiq had already been in the debate for two hours and left at 14:30 to eat. According to witnesses, Laing told Siddiq not to use her pregnancy as an excuse for her behaviour.

Facts & Trivia

Eleanor Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Eleanor Laing celebrates birthday on February 1 of every year.

She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours.

Top Facts about Eleanor Laing

1. Eleanor Laing is a British Conservative politician.
2. She has been the MP for Epping Forest since 1997.
3. Laing was elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 2013.
4. She was re-elected as Deputy Speaker in 2015 and 2017.
5. Laing served as Chairman of Ways and Means from 2019 to 2020.
6. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020.
7. Laing supports Brexit and campaigned for Leave during the EU referendum.
8. She has advocated for greater representation of women in politics.
9. Laing is a former lawyer and businesswoman.
10. She has been involved in various charitable organizations throughout her career.

Who is MP for Chigwell?

Epping Forest
Major settlements| Epping, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill
Current constituency
Created| 1974
Member of Parliament| Eleanor Laing (Conservative)

Who is the MP for abridge Essex?

The Right Honourable Eleanor Laing MP.

Is Eleanor Laing married?

Alan Laing

Where does Alex Burghart live?

Personal life. Alex moved to the constituency in May 2017. He and his family now live near Ongar. He is married to Hermione Eyre, the daughter of Sir Reginald Eyre, former Conservative MP for Birmingham Hall Green, and has two children.

Where does Nigel Evans live?

On 18 December 2010, following the death of his 86-year-old mother, Evans revealed to The Mail on Sunday that he was gay. He lives in Pendleton, Lancashire, a village in his constituency.