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Eleanor Laing
British politician and life peer (born )
Eleanor Fulton Laing, Baroness Laing of Elderslie, DBE, PC (néePritchard; born 1 February ),[5] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Epping Forest from to She served in the shadow cabinets of Michael Howard and David Cameron.
From to , Laing was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and was the first female Chairman of Ways and Means from to She had one of the longest tenures in the speaker's chair. She became a member of the House of Lords in
Laing stood down from the House of Commons at the general election and was appointed to the House of Lords.
Having served as an MP for 27 years, she is one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history.[6]
Early life and career
Eleanor Pritchard was born on 1 February in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and raised in the nearby village of Elderslie, where her father was a councillor.
She was priv