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Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...
Office held Year appointed Labour: Betty Boothroyd: West Bromwich West: Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means: 1987 Conservative: Dame Janet Fookes: Plymouth Drake: Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means: 1992 Labour: Dame Dawn Primarolo: Bristol South: Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means: 2010 Labour: Natascha Engel: North East Derbyshire
Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, PC (born 7 January 1959), is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. [1] A member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010.
Nellie Bertram is a fictional character on the American comedy television series The Office, portrayed by Catherine Tate.She first appears as a guest star in the seventh season, where she interviewed for the Regional Manager position at the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch.
Removed from office Labour: Stephanie Peacock: Barnsley East & Barnsley South: 2017: Serving Labour: Laura Pidcock: North West Durham: 2017: 2019: Defeated Labour Co-op: Jo Platt: Leigh & Leigh and Atherton: 2017 & 2024: 2019: Defeated & serving Labour: Ellie Reeves [gh] Lewisham West and Penge & Lewisham West and East Dulwich: 2017: Serving ...
In office 22 June 2010 – 14 May 2014: Preceded by: The Lord Goodlad: Succeeded by: The Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; In office 27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001: Prime Minister: Tony Blair: Deputy: The Lord Williams of Mostyn: Preceded by: The Lord Richard: Succeeded by: The Lord Williams of ...
In the 2005 Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Trade Unions. [ 2 ] She was created a life peer on 20 June 2010 taking the title Baroness Wheeler , of Blackfriars in the City of London , [ 3 ] and was introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010.
Victoria Lorne Peta Borwick, Baroness Borwick (née Poore, 26 April 1956), [1] is a British politician.. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as the Member of Parliament for Kensington from 2015 to 2017, [2] becoming the first MP for Kensington to lose the seat to the Opposition.