Sarah Virginia Brinton, Baroness Brinton (b. 1 April 1955) is a member of the British

United Kingdom

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 Liberal Democrats. She contested the Watford

Watford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency at the 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

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 and 2010 General Elections. Her father was Conservative MP Tim Brinton

Timothy Brinton

Timothy Denis Brinton , sometimes referred to as Tim Brinton, was a British broadcaster and Conservative Party politician...

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Education

She was educated at Benenden School

Benenden School

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, an independent school

Independent school (UK)

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, before attending Churchill College, Cambridge

Churchill College, Cambridge

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 and the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

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Career

Beginning her career in the mid 1970s at the BBC

BBC

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 as a television floor manager, working on programmes including Playschool, Grandstand

Grandstand (BBC)

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and Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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, she became a Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council

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lor in 1993 and contested the parliamentary seat of South East Cambridgeshire in 1997 and 2001

United Kingdom general election, 2001

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Formerly Bursar

Bursar

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 of Selwyn College

Selwyn College, Cambridge

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, Cambridge

Cambridge

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 from 1997 to 2002, and a founder member of the Board of the East of England Development Agency

East of England Development Agency

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 from Dec 1998 to Dec 2004 (Deputy Chair from 2001 to 2004) she was a member of the Lib Dem’s national working group

Working group

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 on education, skills and learning.

In 1997 she won the East Anglian entrepreneurial businesswoman of the year award. In 2003 Brinton was awarded an honorary PhD

PHD

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 for her contribution to education, skills and learning by Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University is one of the largest universities in Eastern England, United Kingdom, with a total student population of around 30,000.-History:...

. She is presently a non-executive director

Non-executive director

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 of the University for Industry (Learndirect

Learndirect

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In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords, taking her place on 10 Feb 2011 as Baroness Brinton, of Kenardington in the County of Kent

Kent

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External links

• Sal Brinton official site
• Sal Brinton PPC profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• Watford Liberal Democrats
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Sal Brinton