Rosalind Carol Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market (born 10 August 1957) is a British politician who is currently President of the Liberal Democrats and a member of the House of Lords.
The daughter of Kenneth Vincent and Carol Leadbeater, she was born in Bath, Somerset. Her father, an RAF serviceman, was posted abroad through much of her childhood, including Cyprus and Singapore. She was educated at Whitby Grammar School and Kent School. She ...
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Rosalind Carol Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market (born 10 August 1957) is a British politician who is currently President of the Liberal Democrats and a member of the House of Lords.
The daughter of Kenneth Vincent and Carol Leadbeater, she was born in Bath, Somerset. Her father, an RAF serviceman, was posted abroad through much of her childhood, including Cyprus and Singapore. She was educated at Whitby Grammar School and Kent School. She was further educated at the University of East Anglia, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies with German in 1999.
Scott worked for the Passage Day Care Centre and is Honourable President of the East Coast Sailing Trust. She is also patron of the Pickerel Environment Project, the Pakenham Water Mill Trust and the Wings of Hope Charity Appeal. She was a Liberal Democrat councillor in Suffolk from 1991 to 2005, serving at both District and County level. She held a number of positions on Suffolk County Council, including...
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