Ellen Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton, DBE, DL (born 1 June 1942, Bradford, England) has been a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords since 2010.
She has been a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council since 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011. She still relies very heavily on the LGA to provide her work in the House of Lords, the LGA often writes speeches for her.
Born as Ellen Margaret Midgley in 1942 to John and Evelyn (née Smith) Midgley, she attended Hanson Grammar School and the Balls Park Teacher Training College (Cert. Ed). She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter.
Member, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1986Leader of Conservative Group 1995–Council Leader 2000–06Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural ConsortiumFormer co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International AirportMember, Yorkshire and Humber AssemblyLocal Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, Chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–11Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003–06Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire since 2008Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008–11Chairman and Trustee, Near Neighbours (national registered charity)Trustee, Angelus Foundation (national registered charity for drugs education)Trustee, Cottingley Town Hall, Cottingley, Bradford, West YorkshireOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours.Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2010 New Year HonoursBaroness Eaton, of Cottingley, in the County of West Yorkshire on 21 July 2010Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Bradford - December 2012
