Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Baroness Smith of Basildon
| honorific-suffix = PC
| image = Official portrait of Baroness Smith of Basildon 2020 crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2020
| office = Leader of the Opposition in the Lords
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
| 1blankname = Party Leader
| 1namedata = Harriet Harman (acting)
Jeremy Corbyn
Sir Keir Starmer
| term_start = 27 May 2015
| term_end =
| predecessor = The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
| successor =
| office1 = Shadow Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords
| leader1 = The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
| 1blankname1 = Party Leader
| 1namedata1 = Ed Miliband
Harriet Harman (acting)
| term_start1 = 16 May 2012
| term_end1 = 28 May 2015
Served with The Lord Tunnicliffe
| predecessor1 = The Lord Tunnicliffe
| successor1 = The Lord McAvoy
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Ministerial offices
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office2 = Minister of State for the Third Sector | primeminister2 = Gordon Brown | term_start2 = 8 June 2009 | term_end2 = 11 May 2010 | predecessor2 = Kevin Brennan | successor2 = Nick Hurd | office3 = Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | primeminister3 = [[Gordon Brown | term_start3 = 28 June 2007 | term_end3 = 8 June 2009 Served with Ian Austin |
predecessor3 = Keith Hill | successor3 = Anne Snelgrove | office4 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Fire Services | primeminister4 = Sir Tony Blair | term_start4 = 5 May 2006 | term_end4 = 28 June 2007 | predecessor4 = Jim Fitzpatrick | successor4 = Parmjit Dhanda | office5 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economy of Northern Ireland | primeminister5 = Sir Tony Blair | term_start5 = 14 October 2002 | term_end5 = 5 May 2006 | predecessor5 = Barry Gardiner | successor5 = Maria Eagle | office6 = Assistant Government Whip | primeminister6 = Sir Tony Blair | term_start6 = 12 June 2001 | term_end6 = 14 October 2002 | predecessor6 = Don Touhig | successor6 = Charlotte Atkins |
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Parliamentary offices
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 8 July 2010 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Basildon | |
In office 1 May 1997 ā 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Sir David Amess |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| birth_name = Angela Evans | birth_date = (1959-01-07) 7 January 1959 (age 65) | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | party = Labour Co-op | spouse = Nigel Smith | alma_mater = Leicester Polytechnic (BA)
}} Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon PC (born 7 January 1959)[1] is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010.
Smith served in government as an Assistant Whip from 2001 to 2002 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2002 to 2007. She became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in 2007 and served until her appointment as Minister of State for the Third Sector in 2009. Smith lost her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 general election, contesting the reformed South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency. She was appointed to the House of Lords shortly after her defeat, where she became Shadow Deputy Chief Whip in 2012 and Shadow Leader in 2015.