Helen Liddell
Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC (née Reilly; born 6 December 1950) is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie and Shotts, previously Monklands East, from 1994 to 2005.
The Right Honourable The Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| British High Commissioner to Australia | |
| In office 1 September 2005 – 1 October 2009 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Lord Goodlad |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Amos |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 24 January 2001 – 12 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Reid |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Darling |
| Minister of State for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 29 July 1999 – 24 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Battle |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hain |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 17 May 1999 – 29 July 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Reid |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston |
| Minister of State for Scotland | |
| In office 28 July 1998 – 17 May 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Brian Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Brian Wilson |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 3 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Angela Knight |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Hewitt |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2010 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts Monklands East (1994–97) | |
| In office 30 June 1994 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Reid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1950 Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Alistair Handerson Liddell
(m. 1972) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
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