| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Baroness Barker | |
| Office: | Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
| Term Start: | 31 July 1999 Life Peerage |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1961 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma Mater: | University of Southampton |
Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker (born 31 January 1961) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Barker was educated at Dalziel High School, a secondary school in Motherwell, Scotland.[1] She studied at the University of Southampton.[2]
Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007. She was created a life peer as Baroness Barker, of Anagach in Highland, on 31 July 1999 and is a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.[3]
Barker revealed in a speech to the House of Lords that she was in a same-sex relationship during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.[4] She since became a Patron of Opening Doors London,[5] a charity which provided support for older LGBT people, and an Ambassador for the Albert Kennedy Trust.
Barker is Co-Chair[6] of both the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health[7] and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK.[8] In the House of Lords she also serves as Deputy Speaker (since April 2024), as Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on the Voluntary Sector.[9]