Ruth Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm

The Baroness Lea of Lymm
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
31 October 2022
Personal details
BornRuth Jane Lea
(1947-09-22) 22 September 1947
Cheshire, England
PartyConservative
Alma mater
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Ruth Jane Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm, CBE (born 22 September 1947) is a British parliamentarian and political economist.

Lady Lea entered HM Civil Service, before being recruited by the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, as well as working for policy research bodies and the media. She was Arbuthnot Banking Group's Economic Adviser from 2007 to 2022 and served as an Independent Non-Executive Director from 2005 until 2016.