Personal Life
Baird married David Taylor-Gooby in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1972. They divorced in 1978 and she married Robert Brian Baird (born July 1928) in the same year in County Durham. A year later, in 1979, Robert Baird died from complications following open heart surgery. She has two stepsons from him. Her interests outside politics include sport and reading. She lives in Sandyford, Newcastle.
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