The Baroness Hanham | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron[1] |
| Preceded by | The Lord McKenzie of Luton |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Stowell of Beeston |
| In office 27 July 1999 – 22 July 2020 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Brownlow Spark 23 September 1939 |
| Died | 24 January 2025 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Ian (or Iain) William Fergusson Hanham
(m. 1964) |
Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham, CBE (née Spark; 23 September 1939 – 24 January 2025) was a British politician who was a member of the House of Lords. She sat as a Conservative.
Hanham was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2013,[2] and was leader of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1989. She was succeeded by councillor Merrick Cockell, who became leader in April 2000.[3]
She was made a life peer as Baroness Hanham, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on 15 July 1999.[4] That same year, Hanham was a candidate for the re-run Conservative nomination to be Mayor of London, losing to Steven Norris. She retired from the House of Lords on 22 July 2020, and died in January 2025, at the age of 85.[5][6]
- ^ "Dr Iain Hanham". From the Hornet's Nest. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Biography: Baroness Hanham CBE". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Cllr Merrick Cockell – Profile – Conservative PartyArchived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 55559". The London Gazette. 21 July 1999. p. 7857.
- ^ "Baroness Hanham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Baroness Hanham, Kensington & Chelsea council leader who waged war on 'iceberg' basements". The Telegraph. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.