Boris Johnson’s controversial peer Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, Britain’s youngest life peer - aged 30 - took her seat in the House of Lords today
Charlotte Owen was nominated to the Lords in the former prime minister's controversial resignation honours list in June.Lady Owen's introduction was followed by that of Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, who will be known as Lord Houchen of High Leven.Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen was also introduced into the Lords today.
It adds she worked as a parliamentary assistant to Conservative MPs Alok Sharma, Mr Johnson and Sir Jake Berry from 2017 until 2021.Lady Owen then worked as an adviser to Mr Johnson as prime minister, his successor Liz Truss and then chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris between 2021 and 2022. He served as a councillor on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council between 2011 and 2017, including as leader of the Conservative group from 2014.
The Government ordered an independent investigation into the Teesworks project to redevelop Redcar's former steelworks, partly in response to a request from Lord Houchen.
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