Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. A member of the Labour and C
Official portrait, 2024
Smith at the Lords' dispatch box in 2021
Smith holding the Cap of Maintenance at the 2024 King's Speech.
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The lord privy seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the lord president of the Council and above the lord great chamberlain. Originally, its holder wa
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
…Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959), is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010. Smith served in…
The Baroness Smith of Basildon 2024
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