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{{Short description|British politician (born 1946)}}
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|term_start = 23 September 2014<br />[[Life Peerage]]
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'''Kathryn Mary Pinnock, Baroness Pinnock''' (born 25 September 1946) is a British [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] politician, [[life peer]], and former [[school teacher]]. Since 1987, she has been a member of [[Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council]]. She was leader of the council's Lib Dem group from 1991 to 2014, and [[leader of the council]] from 2000 to 2006. She was created a life peer in 2014 and now sits in the [[House of Lords]].
==Early life==
Pinnock was born on 25 September 1946.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://myparliament.info/member/4341| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143424/http://myparliament.info/member/4341| archive-date = 2015-12-08| title = MyParliament - Biography for Baroness Pinnock}} </ref> She attended the girls' [[grammar school]], the City of Bath Girls' School (now the [[Hayesfield Girls' School]]).
She studied history and chemistry at [[Keele University]], graduating with a [[bachelor's degree]]. She remained at Keele to complete a [[teaching diploma]].<ref name="bio - Lib Dem website">{{cite web|title=Kath Pinnock|url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/kath-pinnock#|website=People|publisher=Liberal Democrats|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>
==Early career==
Following university, Pinnock became a [[secondary school]] teacher. She taught [[history]] in schools in [[Birmingham]] and Special Needs Maths at Rastrick High School in [[West Yorkshire]]. She also served as Deputy Chief Examiner for [[GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)|A-Level]] History for a number of years.<ref name="bio - Lib Dem website" />
==Political career==
===Local government===
Since 1987, she has been a [[local councillor]], representing [[Cleckheaton]] on the [[Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council|Kirklees Council]].<ref name="Huddersfield Examiner - New Kirklees Lib Dem leader">{{cite news|last1=Douglas|first1=Joanne|title=New Kirklees Lib Dem leader Nicola Turner on her "tough act to follow" after Kath Pinnock steps down|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-kirklees-lib-dem-leader-7188617|access-date=8 August 2014|work=The Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kath Pinnock gets House of Lords seat|url=http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/local/kath-pinnock-gets-house-of-lords-seat-1-6775426|access-date=8 August 2014|work=Batley and Birstall News|date=8 August 2014|archive-date=9 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809022458/http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/local/kath-pinnock-gets-house-of-lords-seat-1-6775426|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was leader of the Lib Dem group on the council between 1991 and 2014. She was [[leader of the council]] from 2000 to 2006, and was the first female to hold this post.<ref name="Huddersfield Examiner - New Kirklees Lib Dem leader" />
===House of Lords===
In August 2014, it was announced that she was to be made a [[life peer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28703150|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 August 2014|date=8 August 2014}}</ref> She was created a life peer on 23 September 2014 taking the title '''Baroness Pinnock''', of [[Cleckheaton]] in the [[West Yorkshire|County of West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61001 |date=29 September 2014 |page=18838}}</ref> Since June 2015, she has been a member of the [[European Union Committee#Sub-committee F: Home Affairs, Health and Education|Home Affairs Sub-Committee]] of the [[European Union]] [[Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom|Committee]].<ref name="bio - Parliament">{{cite web|title=Baroness Pinnock|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-pinnock/4341|website=Parliament.co.uk|publisher=House of Lords|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>
In 2015, Pinnock was appointed the [[Spokesperson]] for Children for the Lib Dems, and in October 2016 she was appointed their Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.<ref name="bio - Lib Dem website" />
==Honours==
In July 2015, Pinnock was awarded an [[honorary degree|honorary]] [[doctorate]] by the [[University of Huddersfield]].<ref name="Huddersfield honorary doctorate">{{cite web|title=Former local councillor leader receives honorary award|url=http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2015/july/formerlocalcouncillorleaderreceiveshonoraryaward.php|website=University of Huddersfield|access-date=28 November 2015|date=20 October 2015}}</ref>
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