Sarah Teather, Baroness Teather
The Baroness Teather | |
|---|---|
Teather in 2009 | |
| Minister of State for Children and Families | |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Succeeded by | Liz Truss |
| Member of Parliament for Brent Central Brent East (2003–2010) | |
| In office 18 September 2003 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Daisley |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Butler |
| Islington London Borough Councillor | |
| In office 2 May 2002 – 23 September 2003 | |
| Ward | Hillrise |
| Preceded by | Sheila Camp |
| Succeeded by | Jayashankar Sharma |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2006–2007 | Education and Skills |
| 2007 | Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| 2007–2008 | Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
| 2008–2010 | Housing |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 27 January 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Louise Teather 1 June 1974 Enfield, London, England |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Louise Teather, Baroness Teather (born 1 June 1974) is a British politician and advocate who has formerly served as MP for Brent Central and Minister of State for Children and Families. As a Liberal Democrat politician, she founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay and was chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees. On stepping down as an MP, she joined the Jesuit Refugee Service as an advocacy adviser and was appointed as country director of the Service in the UK in December 2015.
After serving on Islington London Borough Council, she was first elected as an MP on 18 September 2003 at the Brent East by-election and was re-elected with an increased majority at the 2005 general election. After the seat was abolished due to boundary changes, Teather was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the successor seat, Brent Central. Her main opponent was sitting Labour MP Dawn Butler, whose Brent South seat was also abolished. Teather won by a small margin, and, after the election, she served as Minister of State in the Department for Education in the coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats until she returned to the backbenches on 4 September 2012. She did not stand in the 2015 general election.