Vera Baird

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Full Name	Vera Baird
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1950(1950-02-13)
Age	74
Birthplace	Chadderton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Vera Baird Biography

Vera Baird is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 13, 1950 in Chadderton, England, United Kingdom. Vera Baird DBE QC (nee Thomas born on 13th February, 1950) is a British barrister. She is the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales.

She represented a mother-to-be who was dismissed in a discrimination against early pregnancies case (Brown v. Stockton on Tees Borough Council) in the House of Lords. In the late 1980s , she represented an accused mother to kill her three sons. This was an early case of a parent having Munchausen syndrome via proxy. She was a defender for countless political protesters at Greenham Common and other peace camps, during anti-Apartheid protests and protests, and also defended women who ruined shops in protest to “top shelf” magazines. She represented local objectors to compulsory purchases and planning inquiry.

In 1983 she was retained to act for Billingham Against Nuclear Dumping (BAND) when the then nuclear waste disposal agency NIREX planned to store medium- level nuclear waste in a disused anhydrite mine under Billingham, though the plans were abandoned in 1985 when the owners of the mine, ICI, refused to co- operate. At the conclusion of the campaign her barrister fees were, at her instruction, donated by BAND to the Druridge Bay Campaign. She subsequently represented similar groups opposed to nuclear waste dumping threatened at Fulbeck in Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Against Nuclear Dumping- LAND) at North Killingholme on Humberside (HAND) and at Bradwell (BAND) in a lengthy High Court action in 1986, before those plans were abandoned by the Tory government, shortly before the 1987 General Election.

She went to Yew Tree County Primary School and the local authority-run Chadderton Grammar School for Girls and was then at Newcastle Polytechnic where she studied Law, gaining an LLB. Whilst there she founded and edited a Student Newspaper, “Polygon” and a year later was elected Vice President of the Polytechnic Union. In 1983 she gained a BA in Literature and Modern History at the Open University. In 1983 she became a legal associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute. She completed the first year of an MA in modern history at London Guildhall University from 1999 before transferring to University of Teesside on being selected for Redcar. She is currently studying for an MPhil (History) at the University of Teesside.

She was admitted into the Gray’s Inn in 1975. She then was a barrister at the North East, setting up Collingwood Chambers in Newcastle upon Tyne, with other barristers in the early years, shortly after she had completed her studies and became its head of Chambers for a period of time.

Vera Baird Net Worth

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

Baird Born in Chadderton near Oldham in Lancashire She was she was the child of Jack Thomas, a maintenance painter in a mill who passed away when she was just 10 years old young as well as Alice Marsland, a print worker. The paternal grandparents of Baird were Welsh miner, and Her maternal grandparents worked as both cotton mill workers.She was a full-time Parish Council clerk of Shadforth Parish Council located in County Durham in the late 1970s while living in Ludworth, a County Durham village of Ludworth. Baird was a member of her first party, the Labour Party in 1971 and later joined the TGWU which is today UNITE. She is an active member of UNISON and the GMB Trade Unions and a member of the Co-operative Party. She is also a Soroptimist and a part of SI Newcastle upon Tyne.

Baird was married to David Taylor-Gooby in Newcastle upon Tyne in the year 1972. The couple divorced in 1978, and she was married to Robert Brian Baird (born July 1928) the following the year. The wedding took place within County Durham. The following year, in 1979 Brian Baird died from complications after an open-heart surgery. Her stepsons are both who are related to Brian Baird. Other than politics, she enjoys reading and sports. The place she lives is South Gosforth, Newcastle.

At the 1983 general election, Baird contested the constituency of Berwick- upon-Tweed, finishing in third place behind the victor Alan Beith. At the 2001 general election she was selected to contest Labour’s ultra-safe seat of Redcar, following the retirement of the sitting MP and former Cabinet minister, Mo Mowlam. Baird won with 7% smaller vote than Mowlam taking the seat with a large majority.

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A Labour Party Member of Parliament for Redcar from 2001 to 2010, Baird was a government minister from 2006 to 2010 and the Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2007 to 2010. She served as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria from November 2012 to June 2019.

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Vera Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Vera Baird celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

Higher profile campaigns included her involvement in a Commons revolt against derogation from Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights in which Baird often took the lead in Parliament and the blocking of the partial abolition of jury trial proposed in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 through the proposal of amendments in the Commons. Bob Marshall-Andrews, another MP opposed to the abolition of jury trials, gave credit to Baird’s efforts by stating “Saving jury trial was a singular victory and the one of which, in thirteen years at Westminster, I remain most proud. Without Vera’s voice we would probably have lost and that remains, as they say, big medicine.”

Top Facts about Vera Baird

1. Vera Baird is a British barrister and former Labour MP.
2. She served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2007-2010.
3. Baird was the first female Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria.
4. She has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights throughout her career.
5. In 2019, she was appointed as Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales.
6. Baird has authored several books on criminal justice reform and gender equality.
7. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020.
8. Baird is also an accomplished academic, having taught law at several universities.
9. She has been involved in numerous high-profile cases throughout her legal career.
10. Baird continues to be an influential figure in UK politics and law today.