Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn

Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn, is a British political advisor, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019.[1][2] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. [3] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019.[4] Baroness Penn is the youngest member of the House of Lords.[5]


The Baroness Penn
Penn in 2020
Baroness-in-waiting
Government Whip
Assumed office
9 March 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Lord Bethell
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
21 October 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born1985 (age 3536)
Political partyConservative

References

  1. Mason, Rowena; Scruton, Paul; Fenn, Chris (4 October 2017). "Theresa May's team: the PM's inner and outer circles". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. "The Top 100 Most Influential People On The Right: Iain Dale's 2017 List". LBC. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. "No. 62798". The London Gazette. 16 October 2019. p. 18552.
  5. "Membership and principal office holders". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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