Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Not to be confused with Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane.

Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton (born 24 May 1971),^[1] is a British political advisor and member of the House of Lords since 2019.

The Right Honourable The Baroness Sanderson of Welton
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2019 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson (1971-05-24) 24 May 1971 (age 54) Yorkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	James Franklin (m. 2005)

Life

Born in 1971 on Humberside, a cousin of the Sanderson baronets,^[2] Liz Sanderson pursued a career in journalism with the Mail on Sunday where she worked for 17 years,^[3] before being appointed a Special Adviser and Head of Features to Theresa May (as Home Secretary then Prime Minister) from 2014 to 2019.^[4][5][6]

Nominated as a Life Peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours,^[7] she was created Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 8 October 2019,^[8] and then introduced to the House of Lords on 22 October 2019,^[9] sitting on the Conservative benches. Lady Sanderson made her maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during a Lords debate on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (Phase 1 report).^[3]

In September 2022, HMG appointed Lady Sanderson to chair an advisory panel for developing a new strategy for public libraries.^[10]

See also

• Sanderson baronets