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. Biography 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, where she achieved a Certificate in Education. She worked as a schoolteacher. In 1969, she married John Eaton, with whom she has a son and a daughter. Political career Member, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1986 Leader of Conservative Group 1995– Council Leader 2000–06 Former chair: Bradford Local Strategic Partnership Board, Bradford Cultural Consortium Former co-chair, Bradford Safer Communities Partnership; Director: Bradford Centre Regeneration Company, Leeds Bradford International Airport Member, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Local Government Association: Vice-chairman, Conservative Group, Chairman, Conservative Group, 2008–11 Member, Committee of the Regions, 2003–06 Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire since 2008 Chairman, Local Government Association, 2008–11 Affiliations Chairman and Trustee, Near Neighbours (national registered charity) Trustee, Angelus Foundation (national registered charity for drugs education) Trustee, Cottingley Town Hall, Cottingley, Bradford, West Yorkshire Member, Common Sense Group as anti-"woke" group within the Conservative Party Honours Officer 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 Honours Baroness Eaton, of Cottingley, in the County of West Yorkshire on 21 July 2010 Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Bradford - December 2012 References External links BBC Democracy Profile 1942 births Living people Councillors in Bradford Conservative Party (UK) life peers Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire Date of birth missing (living people) Schoolteachers from Yorkshire Women councillors in England Chairs of the Local Government Association