Dame Elizabeth Anne Finlay Gardiner DCB KC (Hon) (born 19 March 1966) is a British solicitor and senior civil servant who has served as the First Parliamentary Counsel since November 2015.[1][2]
Dame Elizabeth Gardiner | |
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| First Parliamentary Counsel | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson Elizabeth Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Richard Heaton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1966 |
| Nationality | British |
After education at the University of Edinburgh[1] and working as a solicitor in Scotland[3] Gardiner has worked at the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel since 1991, and as a director-general-graded Parliamentary Counsel from 2003 until her promotion in 2015,[1] where she succeeded Richard Heaton.[2][4] As of September 2015, as a Director-General Gardiner was paid a salary of between £175,000 and £179,999, making her one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[5]
Gardiner was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 Birthday Honours[6] and Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to government and the legislative process.[7]
In January 2019, Gardiner became the Civil Service Champion for the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. In 2020 she was appointed as an honorary Queen's Counsel.[8][9]
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- ^ a b c "GARDINER, Elizabeth Anne Finlay". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ a b "First Parliamentary Counsel appointed: Elizabeth Gardiner - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "One minute with ... Elizabeth Gardiner". Civil Service Weekly News. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Cabinet Office on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2013. pp. 1–36.
- ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B3.
- ^ "Elizabeth Gardiner to be appointed Honorary Queen's Counsel". www.gov.uk. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ @ParliCounsel_UK (16 March 2020). "Congratulations to Elizabeth Gardiner, First Parliamentary Counsel, who was appointed as Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) today @1ParliCounsel #QCceremony" (Tweet) – via Twitter.