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Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie

British politician (–)

Philippa Marion Roe, Baroness Couttie (25 September – 12 December ) was a British Conservative politician, who served as Leader of Westminster City Council from to Before entering public life she was an investment banker with Citigroup.

Early life and education

Born in Hampstead and educated at the University of St Andrews, Roe was a director of Citigroup before entering politics in [1] The daughter of James Roe and former Conservative MP Dame Marion Roe, Philippa had a younger sister and younger brother.[2][3] In , she became the first student in years to be elected to the University of St Andrews Senate, the institution's governing body.

Councillor philippa roe biography of barack trump The Guardian. John Ricketts. External links [ edit ]. And she became a complete team player.

Career

After leaving university, Roe began her career in the public relations industry, joining Burson Marsteller.

In the s, she served on a panel of experts from the private sector consulted by the Conservative government in establishing the private finance initiative,[4] and in Roe was the joint author of a report called "Reforming the Private Finance Initiative", published by the Centre for Policy Studies.[5]

Roe gave up her job at Citigroup when she became the mother of twins.

In , soon after this, Roe was elected to Westminster City Council, representing the three-member Knightsbridge and Belgravia ward, a safe seat for her party.[6][7] At that time, she had recently recovered from cancer.[7][3]

She was appointed a governor of Imperial College London[1] and in became the member of Westminster's cabinet for Housing.

In May , Roe was re-elected as a councillor, and in June that year, she stated her support for the new coalition government's decision to cap housing benefit at £ a week.[6][8] In , she took on the cabinet portfolio of Strategic Finance. The next year she succeeded Colin Barrow as Leader of the council, beating Edward Argar for the nomination,[9] and quickly distanced herself from a comparison with a predecessor, Dame Shirley Porter.[10]

The same year, she took over the role of chairman of the statutory Health and Wellbeing Board for Westminster.[11] She also sat on the London Enterprise Panel.[12] In , she was quoted as saying that "local people know best"[13] and that "The funding challenge is an opportunity to break free of orthodoxy and review all the services provided and how they can be delivered more efficiently."[14]

She was re-elected as a councillor in and topped the poll, with the Conservative ward candidates taking per cent of the vote.

She did not stand as a councillor at the election.[6]

In July , Roe announced that she was seeking her party's nomination to stand as Mayor of London at the May election.[15][16] However, she was not shortlisted by the Conservatives.[17][18]

Roe was nominated for a life peerage in David Cameron's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Couttie, of Downe in the County of Kent, on 5 September [19][20] Couttie was the surname of her husband Stephen.[7]

Personal life and death

Roe married Stephen Couttie, a partner in the private equity firm Collabrium Capital, in September After fertility treatment in the United States, she gave birth to twins, Angus and Genevieve (Evie), in August [7]

Baroness Couttie died of cancer on 12 December , at the age of Several of her former council colleagues paid tribute to her.[21][22][3]

References

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    The Telegraph. 16 December (subscription required)

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  6. ^ abcTeale, Andrew. "Knightsbridge and Belgravia Ward".

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  7. ^ abcdRiley-Smith, Ben. "My journey from cancer hell to the joy of twins, by Tory hoping to become the new Boris". The Daily Telegraph.

    Retrieved 13 December (subscription required)

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  15. ^"The Leader and the Cabinet".

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  16. ^"Leader of Westminster sets out her vision for the future". The Guardian. 15 January Retrieved 13 December
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  18. ^Foot, Tom. Westminster Council leader Philippa Roe puts forward bid to be next Tory MayorArchived 4 March at the Wayback Machine in West End Extra dated 10 July Retrieved 23 July
  19. ^Crerar, Pippa (24 July ). "Tory mayoral hopeful: I would give more power to London's town halls". Evening Standard.

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  20. ^"London mayoral race: Tories shortlist four candidates". BBC News. 25 July Retrieved 13 December
  21. ^Marshall, Tom (25 July ). "Sol Campbell fails to make Tory shortlist for London Mayor candidate". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December
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