Liz Redfern, Baroness Redfern
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Elizabeth Marie "Liz" Redfern, Baroness Redfern (born 25 September 1947)[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/36wpkWoCOS2o3r_TqvpVMFUCxaA/appointments Companies House] is a British Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Early life
She was born in Winterton as Elizabeth Waud. After failing the 11+, she attended secondary modern school in Winterton, Lincolnshire, which became Winterton Comprehensive School in 1968, then North Lindsey Technical College in Scunthorpe, which became North Lindsey College. After three years of intense training she passed her Movement to Music examination and gained a City & Guilds in wig thatching.
Career
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She became a Conservative councillor on North Lincolnshire Council, at its creation in 1996. She represented the Axholme Central ward until May 2019.[https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/electoral-wards/axholme-central-ward/ Axholme Central]
The leader of North Lincolnshire Council{{cite web|title=Dissolution Peerages 2015|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-peerages-2015|website=Gov.uk|accessdate=27 August 2015}} until 15 January 2017, she was created a life peer on 7 October 2015, taking the title Baroness Redfern, of the Isle of Axholme in the County of Lincolnshire.{{cite web|title=notice 2414832|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2414832|website=The London Gazette}}
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External links
- [http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/councillors-and-mps/councillors/councillor-liz-redfern/ Councillor Liz Redfern]
- [http://www.axholme.info Isle of Axholme information site]
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors
Category:Conservative Party (UK) life peers
Category:Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
Category:Life peers created by Elizabeth II
Category:Councillors in the Borough of North Lincolnshire
Category:People from Epworth, Lincolnshire
Category:People from Winterton, Lincolnshire
Category:Leaders of local authorities of England
Category:Women councillors in England
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