Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds
The Baroness Blake of Leeds | |||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 11 July 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Lords | |||||||||||||
| Life peerage 1 February 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Leader of Leeds City Council | |||||||||||||
| In office 21 May 2015 – 24 February 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Keith Wakefield | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James Lewis | ||||||||||||
| Member of Leeds City Council for Middleton Park Hunslet (2002–2004) | |||||||||||||
| In office 2 May 2002 – 6 May 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mark Davies | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sharon Burke | ||||||||||||
| Member of Leeds City Council for Weetwood | |||||||||||||
| In office 2 May 1996 – 4 May 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ann Castle | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James Souper | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | Judith Vivienne Parsons 23 July 1953 Leeds, England | ||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Children | 4, including Olivia | ||||||||||||
| Education | Leeds Girls High School | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Kent | ||||||||||||
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Judith Vivienne Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE (née Parsons; born 23 July 1953) is a British Labour politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2021. She serves as a Baroness-in-Waiting (Government Whip) in the House of Lords.
Blake served as the leader of Leeds City Council from 2015 to 2021, being the first woman to hold the position.