Sally Oppenheim-Barnes

The Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
The Right Honourable; The Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes; PC
Member of Parliament; for Gloucester
	In office; 18 June 1970 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	Jack Diamond
Succeeded by	Douglas French
Personal details
Born	Sarah A. Viner; 26 July 1928; Dublin, Irish Free State (now Ireland)
Nationality	British & Irish
Political party	Conservative

Sarah A. Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, PC (née Viner; born 26 July 1928)[1] is a British Conservative politician.

Early life

Born in Dublin in 1928, and raised and educated in Sheffield where her father worked as a diamond cutter, Viner was educated at Lowther College and worked as a social worker in London before entering politics.[1][2]

Career

In the 1970 general election she defeated John Diamond to represent the constituency of Gloucester; Diamond was the only cabinet minister to lose his seat at that election. She continued as Member of Parliament for Gloucester until 1987 and was Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in the Department of Trade between 1979 and 1982.

Oppenheim-Barnes was created a life peer, as Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes of Gloucester in the County of Gloucestershire, on 9 February 1989.[3] Her son Phillip Oppenheim was formerly Conservative MP for Amber Valley. Between 1983 and 1987 mother and son served simultaneously in the House of Commons. On 25 February 2019 she retired from the House of Lords under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.[4]

References

"Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958" index". FamilySearch.
- See also: "BIRTHS entry for Sarah A Viner; citing Dublin South, Jul-Sep 1928, vol. 2, p. 527". General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101230. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Oppenheim, Sally". Jewish Virtual Library. Biodata, with year of birth given correctly as 1928.
"No. 51646". The London Gazette. 15 February 1989. p. 1935.
"Retirement of a Member: Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes". Hansard. 25 February 2019.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sally Oppenheim-Barnes
Women's Rights: Radical Change – video of Oppenheim appearing in a BBC debate first televised in 1974

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jack Diamond	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1970–1987	Succeeded by Douglas French

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[yearofbirth-1] "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958" index". FamilySearch.
See also: "BIRTHS entry for Sarah A Viner; citing Dublin South, Jul-Sep 1928, vol. 2, p. 527". General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101230. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[2] See also: "BIRTHS entry for Sarah A Viner; citing Dublin South, Jul-Sep 1928, vol. 2, p. 527". General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101230. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[2] "Oppenheim, Sally". Jewish Virtual Library. Biodata, with year of birth given correctly as 1928.

[3] "No. 51646". The London Gazette. 15 February 1989. p. 1935.

[4] "Retirement of a Member: Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes". Hansard. 25 February 2019.