1. Lorely Burt received a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.
14 Facts About Lorely Burt
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Lorely Burt later received an MBA degree from The Open University.
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Lorely Burt later set up a training company and worked as a director in the marketing and financial services sector.
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Lorely Burt started part-time consultancy work when she became the prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for Solihull.
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Lorely Burt stood for election in Dudley South at the 2001 general election.
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Lorely Burt stood for the West Midlands region at the 2004 European Parliament election.
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Lorely Burt held Solihull by 175 votes over her Conservative opponent Maggie Throup.
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In 2013 Lorely Burt was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
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In November 2014 Lorely Burt was appointed to be an Assistant Government Whip.
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Lorely Burt lost her seat to the Conservative Julian Knight in the 2015 general election.
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Lorely Burt was announced as a new peer in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and on the afternoon of 9 October she was created Baroness Burt of Solihull, of Solihull in the County of West Midlands.
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Lorely Burt has campaigned on a number of issues both locally and nationally.
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Lorely Burt is married to Richard, who himself has been a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate several times, and has a daughter and a stepson.
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Lorely Burt is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society and a Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.