Nicola Blackwood

The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science
In office
10 January 2019  13 February 2020
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord O'Shaughnessy
Succeeded byThe Lord Bethell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation
In office
14 July 2016  9 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byBen Gummer
Succeeded bySteve Brine
Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee
In office
18 June 2015  14 July 2016
Preceded byAndrew Miller
Succeeded byStephen Metcalfe
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
4 February 2019
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Oxford West and Abingdon
In office
6 May 2010  3 May 2017
Preceded byEvan Harris
Succeeded byLayla Moran
Personal details
Born
Nicola Claire Blackwood

(1979-10-16) 16 October 1979
Johannesburg, South Africa
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Paul Bate
(m. 2016)
Alma mater

Nicola Claire Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (born 16 October 1979) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. Baroness Blackwood was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 2010 to 2017. She has also been known by her married name Nicola Blackwood-Bate since 2016.