Background
Born in Dublin in 1928, and raised and educated in Sheffield where her father worked as a diamond cutter, Viner was educated at Lowther College and worked as a social worker in London before entering politics.
Born in Dublin in 1928, and raised and educated in Sheffield where her father worked as a diamond cutter, Viner was educated at Lowther College and worked as a social worker in London before entering politics.
Sheffield High School, Lowther College, North. Wales.
Executive Director Industrial & Investment Services Limited. Former Social Worker, School Care Department ILEA. Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1970-1987.
Vice-Chairman Conservative Party Parliament. Prices and Consumer Protection Committee 1971-1973, Chairman 1973-1974.
Opposition Spokesman on Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-1979.
Minister of State (Consumer Affairs), Department, of Trade 1979-1982. Chairman National Consumer Council 1987-1989. Director (non-executive) Fleming High Income Trust since 1989.
Conservative.
Former National Vice-President National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds. President Gloucestershire District Board BRCS. Former Trustee Clergy Rest House Trust.
45th United Kingdom Parliament. 46th United Kingdom Parliament. 47th United Kingdom Parliament.
48th United Kingdom Parliament.
49th United Kingdom Parliament]
She continued as Member of Parliament for Gloucester until 1987 and was Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in the Department of Trade between 1979 and 1982.
Married 1st Henry M. Oppenheim (died in 1980). Married 2nd John Barnes in 1984.