Editing Gillian Merron (section)

{{short description|British Labour politician (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Baroness Merron
| image               = Official portrait of Baroness Merron crop 2, 2021.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2021
| office              = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health]]
| term_start          = 10 July 2024
| office1             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health|Minister of State for Public Health]]
| term_start1         = 10 June 2009
| term_end1           = 11 May 2010
| predecessor1        = [[Dawn Primarolo]]
| successor1          = [[Anne Milton]]
| primeminister1      = [[Gordon Brown]]
| office2             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]
| term_start2         = 6 October 2008
| term_end2           = 10 June 2009
| predecessor2        = [[Meg Munn]]
| successor2          = [[Chris Bryant]]
| primeminister2      = [[Gordon Brown]]
| office3             = [[Department for International Development|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development]]
| term_start3         = 25 January 2008
| term_end3           = 6 October 2008
| predecessor3        = [[Shriti Vadera]]
| successor3          = [[Ivan Lewis]]
| primeminister3      = [[Gordon Brown]]
| office4             = [[Regional minister|Minister for the East Midlands]]
| term_start4         = 28 June 2007
| term_end4           = 25 January 2008
| predecessor4        = ''Office established''
| successor4          = [[Phil Hope]]
| primeminister4      = [[Gordon Brown]]
| office5             = [[Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office]]
| term_start5         = 28 June 2007
| term_end5           = 24 January 2008
| predecessor5        = [[Pat McFadden]]
| successor5          = [[Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest|Tom Watson]]
| primeminister5      = [[Gordon Brown]]
| office6             = [[Department for Transport|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]]
| term_start6         = 8 May 2006
| term_end6           = 27 June 2007
| predecessor6        = [[Karen Buck]]
| successor6          = [[Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)|Jim Fitzpatrick]]
| primeminister6      = [[Tony Blair]]
| office7             = [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]]
| term_start7         = 17 December 2004
| term_end7           = 8 May 2006
| primeminister7      = [[Tony Blair]]
| predecessor7        = [[Derek Twigg]]
| successor7          = [[Claire Ward]]
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| office = [[Member of the House of Lords]]
| status = [[Lord Temporal]]
| termlabel = [[Life peer]]age
| term_start = 8 February 2021
| term_end = 
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]]
| term_start1 = 1 May 1997
| term_end1 = 12 April 2010
| predecessor1 = [[Kenneth Carlisle]]
| successor1 = [[Karl McCartney]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
}}
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1959|04|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Ilford]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = British
| spouse              = 
| party               = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Lancaster University]]
| occupation          = 
| profession          = 
| religion            = 
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| signature           = Gillian Signature.JPG
| awards              = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|25px]] [[Life peer]]
| primeminister       = [[Keir Starmer]]
| status              = [[Incumbent]]
| predecessor         = [[Maria Caulfield]]
}}

'''Gillian Joanna Merron, Baroness Merron''' (born 12 April 1959) is a British politician and [[life peer]] serving as Chief Executive of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] since 2014. A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], she has been serving as the [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health]] since 2024. She served as the shadow spokesperson for [[Department of Health and Social Care|Health and Social Care]] from 2021 to 2024. She was previously [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]] from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] till [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] and held several ministerial offices in the [[Tony Blair|Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown|Brown]] governments.