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Bokhari</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_London_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the London Assembly">Member of the London Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 May 2008 – 6 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Southwark_London_Borough_Council" title="Southwark London Borough Council">Southwark London Borough Council</a> for Newington</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 May 1998 – 6 May 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Catherine Bowman</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Caroline Valerie Pidgeon</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1972-09-29</span>) </span>29 September 1972<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 52)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a>, Hampshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Paul Miles</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2006)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" title="Aberystwyth University">Aberystwyth University</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carolinepidgeon.org/">www<wbr />.carolinepidgeon<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5045195#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Caroline Valerie Pidgeon, Baroness Pidgeon</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span> (born 29 September 1972), is a British politician. She served as the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a> from 2010 to 2024, and was a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_London_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the London Assembly">member of the London Assembly</a> (AM) from 2008 to 2024. Pidgeon was a councillor on <a href="/wiki/Southwark_London_Borough_Council" title="Southwark London Borough Council">Southwark London Borough Council</a> from 1998 to 2010 and has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> since 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Pidgeon,_Baroness_Pidgeon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pidgeon was born in <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a>, Hampshire, on 29 September 1972 to Eric and Valerie Pidgeon.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She grew up in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, and was the first member of her family to go to university, graduating from <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" title="Aberystwyth University">Aberystwyth University</a> with a degree in economics in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After university, Pidgeon moved to London.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Pidgeon,_Baroness_Pidgeon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1994 to 1996, Pidgeon was a political researcher for Rose Colley, a councillor on <a href="/wiki/Southwark_London_Borough_Council" title="Southwark London Borough Council">Southwark London Borough Council</a>. Pidgeon was also a political researcher at <a href="/wiki/Brent_London_Borough_Council" title="Brent London Borough Council">Brent Council</a> from 1996 to 1999. She was employed at <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Health_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Croydon Health Authority">Croydon Health Authority</a> as a communications manager from 1999 to 2002, and undertook the same role at <a href="/wiki/Guy%27s_and_St_Thomas%27_NHS_Foundation_Trust" title="Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust">Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</a> from 2002 to 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/1998_Southwark_London_Borough_Council_election" title="1998 Southwark London Borough Council election">1998 local election</a>, Pidgeon was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for <a href="/wiki/Southwark_London_Borough_Council" title="Southwark London Borough Council">Southwark London Borough Council</a>, representing the ward of Newington.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her time on the Council, she served as deputy leader of the council (from 2002 to 2004), and as a cabinet member for Education (2004–2006) and Children's Services (2006–2008).<sup id="cite_ref-WW_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2002 and 2010, Pidgeon was a board member of Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pidgeon has also been a Trustee of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2008_London_Assembly_election" title="2008 London Assembly election">2008 London Assembly election</a>, Pidgeon was selected as the Liberal Democrats' candidate for the Lambeth and Southwark constituency; she came second to <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Val_Shawcross" title="Val Shawcross">Valerie Shawcross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same election, she was the third candidate on the party's London-wide party list and was thereby elected onto the London Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pidgeon was <a href="/wiki/2012_London_Assembly_election" title="2012 London Assembly election">re-elected in 2012</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_London_Assembly_election" title="2016 London Assembly election">again in 2016</a>. </p><p>Following her election to the London Assembly, Pidgeon retired from Southwark Council at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Southwark_London_Borough_Council_election" title="2010 Southwark London Borough Council election">2010 local election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a> on the same day, Pidgeon unsuccessfully stood in the <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall constituency</a>, finishing in second place.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the London Assembly, Pidgeon served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Authority" title="Metropolitan Police Authority">Metropolitan Police Authority</a> between 2008 and 2012 and the <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_and_Emergency_Planning_Authority" title="London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority">London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority</a> between 2008 and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pidgeon served as Chair of the London Assembly's Transport Committee. </p><p>In the 2013 New Year Honours, Pidgeon was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a> (MBE) for public and political service.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, Pidgeon secured the Liberal Democrats' candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/2016_London_mayoral_election" title="2016 London mayoral election">2016 London mayoral election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pidgeon promised to focus on housing, affordable childcare, air pollution and public transport.<sup id="cite_ref-Lib_Dems_select_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lib_Dems_select-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She emphasised the need to ensure that workers can live in the city by using rent control and reducing public transport costs.<sup id="cite_ref-Lib_Dems_select_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lib_Dems_select-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She increased the Lib Dem vote from 4.2% to 4.6% but the party remained in fourth place. She held her seat on the London Assembly as the only Liberal Democrat.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_results_2016_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_results_2016-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She ranked 13 out of 50 on the Top 50 Influential Lib Dems of 2020 list.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pidgeon was reelected as one of two Liberal Democrat members in the <a href="/wiki/2021_London_Assembly_election" title="2021 London Assembly election">2021 London Assembly election</a>. In November 2022 she announced that she would not seek reelection in the <a href="/wiki/2024_London_Assembly_election" title="2024 London Assembly election">2024 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peerage">Peerage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Pidgeon,_Baroness_Pidgeon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Peerage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After standing down from the London Assembly, Pidgeon was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Dissolution_Honours" title="2024 Dissolution Honours">2024 Dissolution Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was created <i>Baroness Pidgeon, of Newington in the London Borough of Southwark</i>, on 12 August 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Pidgeon,_Baroness_Pidgeon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pidgeon lives with her husband, Paul Miles, whom she married in 2006, and their son. Outside of politics, she enjoys cinema and modern art.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Pidgeon,_Baroness_Pidgeon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPack2010" class="citation web cs1">Pack, Mark (13 May 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.markpack.org.uk/10702/caroline-pidgeon-is-new-leader-of-the-liberal-democrat-london-assembly-group/">"Caroline Pidgeon is new Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group"</a>. <i>Mark Pack</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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