Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove
The Baroness Newlove | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales | |
Interim | |
| In office 16 October 2023 – 11 November 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Dame Vera Baird |
| Succeeded by | Claire Waxman |
| In office 4 March 2013 – 31 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Louise Casey |
| Succeeded by | Dame Vera Baird |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords | |
| In office 5 March 2018 – 11 November 2025 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 14 July 2010 – 11 November 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1961 Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 11 November 2025 (aged 63) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
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Helen Margaret Newlove, Baroness Newlove (née Marston; 28 December 1961 – 11 November 2025) was a British community reform campaigner who was appointed Victims' Commissioner and served from 2013 to 2019. She was reappointed the interim victims' commissioner on 16 October 2023, serving until her death in 2025. She also served as a deputy speaker in the House of Lords from 2018 to 2025.
Newlove came to prominence after her husband, Garry Newlove, was murdered by three youths in 2007. After his death she set up a number of foundations that aimed to tackle the UK drinking culture as well as providing support to young people. Newlove was given a peerage in the 2010 Dissolution Honours list and sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative.