Gillian Merron

The Right Honourable The Baroness Merron
Official portrait, 2021
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Maria Caulfield
Minister of State for Public Health
In office 10 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Dawn Primarolo
Succeeded by	Anne Milton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 6 October 2008 – 10 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Meg Munn
Succeeded by	Chris Bryant
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office 25 January 2008 – 6 October 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Shriti Vadera
Succeeded by	Ivan Lewis
Minister for the East Midlands
In office 28 June 2007 – 25 January 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Phil Hope
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office 28 June 2007 – 24 January 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Pat McFadden
Succeeded by	Tom Watson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 8 May 2006 – 27 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Karen Buck
Succeeded by	Jim Fitzpatrick
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 17 December 2004 – 8 May 2006
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Derek Twigg
Succeeded by	Claire Ward
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 8 February 2021 Member of Parliament for Lincoln In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 Preceded by Kenneth Carlisle Succeeded by Karl McCartney
Personal details
Born	(1959-04-12) 12 April 1959 (age 65) Ilford, Essex
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Lancaster University
Awards	Life peer
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Gillian Joanna Merron, Baroness Merron (born 12 April 1959) is a British politician and life peer serving as Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 2014. A member of the Labour Party, she has been serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health since 2024. She served as the shadow spokesperson for Health and Social Care from 2021 to 2024. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1997 till 2010 and held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments.