Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford

Margaret Lucy Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 21 November 1938) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Osmund and Sydney Hailstone. She was educated at Tonbridge Grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge where she gained a BA in 1960. She had a successful career as an economist before entering the House of Lords. Sharp's work encompassed both academic and public service, start... more

Margaret Lucy Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 21 November 1938) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Osmund and Sydney Hailstone. She was educated at Tonbridge Grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge where she gained a BA in 1960. She had a successful career as an economist before entering the House of Lords. Sharp's work encompassed both academic and public service, starting in the civil service, followed by a long spell at the London School of Economics (LSE), a short spell back in public service with the National Economic Development Office in the late 1970s and, since the early 1980s, with the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. She retired from the University of Sussex in 1999 but retains a visiting fellowship. Sharp's political career began in the early 1980s when she joined the newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) and was selected to stand in Guildford in the 1983... less