Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

**Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon** (born 7 January 1959) is a Labour Co-operative politician from England. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election.

Smith was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion.

Following the Labour Party's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Baroness Basildon was appointed as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July.

## Other websites

- Angela Smith: Electoral history and profile  The Guardian
- Angela Smith MP TheyWorkForYou.com
- Voting Record – Angela Smith MP The Public Whip

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Minister of State (United Kingdom), Minister of State
- **subterm**: 2009–2010
- **suboffice**: Minister of State for the Third Sector, Third Sector
- **office1**: Under-Secretary of State
- **subterm1**: 2006–2007
- **suboffice1**: Department for Communities and Local Government, Fire Services
- **subterm2**: 2002–2006
- **suboffice2**: Northern Ireland Office, Northern Ireland


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Direct rule (Northern Ireland), Direct rule portfolios
- **subterm**: 2005–2006
- **suboffice**: Department of Education (Northern Ireland), Education
- **subterm1**: 2005–2006
- **suboffice1**: Department for Employment and Learning, Employment and Learning
- **subterm2**: 2005–2006
- **suboffice2**: Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Enterprise, Trade and Investment
- **subterm3**: 2003–2005
- **suboffice3**: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- **subterm4**: 2002–2005
- **suboffice4**: Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Culture, Arts and Leisure
- **subterm5**: 2002–2005
- **suboffice5**: Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Environment
- **subterm6**: 2002–2003
- **suboffice6**: Department for Regional Development, Regional Development


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Baroness Smith of Basildon
- **image**: The Baroness Smith of Basildon 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office**: Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
- **primeminister**: Keir Starmer
- **term start**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor**: The Lord True
- **office1**: Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, Leader of the Opposition in the Lords
- **1blankname1**: Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Party Leader
- **1namedata1**: Harriet Harman (acting)
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
- **term start1**: 27 May 2015
- **term end1**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
- **successor1**: The Lord True
- **office2**: Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
- **primeminister2**: Gordon Brown
- **term start2**: 28 June 2007
- **term end2**: 8 June 2009
- **predecessor2**: Keith Hill (politician), Keith Hill
- **successor2**: Anne Snelgrove
- **office3**: Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
- **status3**: Life Peerage
- **term start3**: 8 July 2010
- **office4**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Basildon (UK Parliament constituency), Basildon
- **term start4**: 1 May 1997
- **term end4**: 12 April 2010
- **predecessor4**: David Amess
- **successor4**: Stephen Metcalfe (politician), Stephen Metcalfe
- **birth name**: Angela Evans
- **birth place**: London, England
- **party**: Labour Co-op
- **spouse**: Nigel Smith
- **alma mater**: Leicester Polytechnic (Bachelor of Arts, BA)