Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton, is a British political advisor and member of the House of Lords since 2019.

Life

Born in 1971 on Humberside, a cousin of the Sanderson baronets, Liz Sanderson pursued a career in journalism with the Mail on Sunday where she worked for 17 years, before being appointed a Special Adviser and Head of Features to Theresa May from 2014 to 2019.
Nominated as a Life Peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, she was created Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 8 October 2019, and then introduced to the House of Lords on 22 October 2019, sitting on the Conservative benches. Lady Sanderson made her maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during a Lords debate on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
In September 2022, HMG appointed Lady Sanderson to chair an advisory panel for developing a new strategy for public libraries.