be an Assistant Government Whip. She lost her seat to the Conservative Julian Knight in the 2015 General Election. Burt and her supporters were criticised for pushing away reporters as she left her election count following her defeat. She was announced as a new peer in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and on the afternoon of 9 October she was created Baroness Burt of Solihull, of Solihull in the County of West Midlands. Campaigns Burt has campaigned on a number of issues both locally and nationally. Locally, she has campaigned to prevent Shirley parkland from being developed, to save Solihull's NHS Walk-In Centre, to save Shirley Library from closure and for a better ambulance service. Personal life Burt is married to Richard, who himself has been a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate several times, and has a daughter and a stepson. She is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society and a Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. See also Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team References External links Lorely Burt MP official constituency site Lorely Burt official Liberal Democrats profile Solihull Liberal Democrats 1954 births Alumni of Swansea University Alumni of the Open University Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Councillors in the West Midlands (county) Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies Living people UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 21st-century British women politicians Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Women councillors in England