Editing Julia Neuberger (section)

===Political and parliamentary roles===
Neuberger was the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Tooting]] in the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], coming third with 8,317 votes (18.1%). She was appointed a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]] in the [[2004 New Year Honours]] for "services to the NHS and other Public Bodies". In [[2004 Special Honours|June 2004]], she was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baroness Neuberger''', of Primrose Hill in the [[London Borough of Camden]]. She served as a Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson from 2004 to 2007. On 29 June 2007, Neuberger was appointed by the incoming Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] as the government's champion of volunteering.<ref>[http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12225.asp Appointment as "Volunteering Tsar", on 10 Downing Street website 29 June 2007.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701194808/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12225.asp |date= 1 July 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/mar/10/voluntarysector.socialcare|title=Report of Neuberger's forthcoming speech on Volunteering, in ''The Guardian'', 10 March 2008.|work=The Guardian|date=10 March 2008|access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/cabinetoffice/third_sector/assets/neuberger.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20081229164218/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/cabinetoffice/third_sector/assets/neuberger.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-29|title=Report on Volunteering, March 2008 (PDF)}}</ref> She resigned the Liberal Democrat whip in September 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=career |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3690/career |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> upon becoming senior rabbi of the [[West London Synagogue]].