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Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, PC (born 1959). English Labour Co-operative politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election. Smith was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion. She was created a Life Peer in 2010 and became Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords in May 2015.