Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler

"Margaret Wheeler" redirects here. For the Australian archaeologist, see Margaret Collingridge Wheeler.

The Right Honourable The Baroness Wheeler MBE
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	The Earl of Courtown
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2010 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	25 March 1949 (1949-03-25) (age 75)
Political party	Labour

Margaret Eileen Joyce Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler MBE (born 25 March 1949) is a British life peer currently serving as a Labour member of the House of Lords since 2010 and as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 2024.[1]

In the 2005 Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Trade Unions.[2]

She was created a life peer on 20 June 2010 taking the title Baroness Wheeler, of Blackfriars in the City of London,[3] and was introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010.

Parliamentary career

• Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords (10 July 2024 – present)
• Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Social Care (4 June 2018 – 5 June 2024)
• Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords (31 January 2018 – 5 June 2024)
• Opposition Senior Whip in the House of Lords (1 April 2014 – present)
• Opposition Whip in the House of Lords (8 October 2010 – 1 April 2014)

References

1. "Baroness Wheeler". parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "No. 57665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2005. p. 22.
3. "No. 59468". The London Gazette. 24 June 2010. p. 11914.

External links

• Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Courtown	Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords 2024–present	Incumbent
	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 2024–present