Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn
Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn,[1] is a British political advisor. She was appointed Baroness-in-waiting in March 2020.[2]
The Baroness Penn | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| Assumed office 9 March 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 (age 36–37) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Biography
She served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019.[3][4] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[5] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019.[6] Baroness Penn was the youngest member of the House of Lords,[7] from when she joined the House on 21 October 2019 until the election of Lord Harlech on 14 July 2021.
References
- "Theresa May appoints top allies to House of Lords". POLITICO. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- "Parliamentary Career Page". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- Mason, Rowena; Scruton, Paul; Fenn, Chris (4 October 2017). "Theresa May's team: the PM's inner and outer circles". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "The Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right: Iain Dale's 2017 List". LBC. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "No. 62798". The London Gazette. 16 October 2019. p. 18552.
- "Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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