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| The Right HonourableThe Baroness Verma | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 13 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Northover |
| Succeeded by | James Wharton |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | |
| In office 4 September 2012 – 7 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Lord Marland |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth |
| Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Thornton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Gardiner of Kimble |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2006 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-06-30) 30 June 1959 (age 65) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sandip K. Verma, Baroness Verma (born 30 June 1959) known until 1977 as Sandip K. Rana, is an Indian-English politician in the United Kingdom. An appointed member of the House of Lords, she is Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, a role she has held since 13 May 2015, and was previously the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, from 2015 to 2016.
Life
Born in Amritsar in the Punjab, India, as a child Verma migrated with her parents to England, arriving in 1960. In 1977, aged seventeen, she married Ashok Verma. They have a daughter and a son.
Verma was an unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate in Hull East at the United Kingdom general election, 2001, finishing third, and in Wolverhampton South West in the general election of 2005, coming second to the Labour incumbent, Rob Marris.
On 2 June 2006, she was created a life peer, taking the title "Baroness Verma, of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire". The same year, she was appointed as a Patron of the Tory Reform Group.
Until the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the May 2010 general election, Verma was an Opposition Whip and Conservative Spokesperson in the House of Lords on Education and Skills and for Health. In 2010 she became a Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development, and Equalities and Women's Issues.
She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015, and then for International Development from May 2015 to July 2016.
When the new Theresa May ministry was formed in July 2016, following the resignation of David Cameron, Verma was not included in it.
Verma was adopted as the Conservative candidate for the position of directly-elected Mayor of Leicester in 2019. She lost to Labour’s Peter Soulsby, coming second with 14,519 votes compared to Sir Peter’s 51,444 votes.
References
- "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian Media. 30 June 2014. p. 33.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - "RANA, Sandip K, & VERMA Ashok, in Register of Marriages for Leicester C Registration District, vol. 6 (1977), p. 1900
- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/5951/sandip-verma
- "No. 58004". The London Gazette. 7 June 2006. p. 7793.
- House of Lords (22 June 2006). "Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords". minutes of proceedings. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Ministers". gov.uk.
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development Baroness Verma". gov.uk.
- "Sandip Verma @Baroness_Verma". Twitter.
- Andrew Hill, Labour Desperate as Political Competition Heats Up Ahead of Local Elections dated March 24, 2019 at leicesterpropertyinsight.co.uk, accessed 18 April 2019
- "DodOnline". Retrieved 22 November 2006.
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