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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 ...
This list shows women who have been elected as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union and other British devolved assemblies, as well as those elected to Mayoral positions.
Women who are or have been members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Female members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom"
The highest number of concurrent women Cabinet ministers under Tony Blair was eight (36 per cent), then a record from May 2006 to May 2007. Other women have attended Cabinet without being full members, including Caroline Flint, Anna Soubry and Caroline Nokes. Some who have attended Cabinet have subsequently, or previously been full Cabinet ...
Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Sinn Féin: Constance Markievicz: Dublin St Patrick's: 1918 (did not take seat) : 1922: Constituency abolished due to establishment of Irish Free State
First South Asian Cabinet member Sajid Javid , Conservative Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2014–15, then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (2015–2016), Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2016–18), Home Secretary (2018–19), Chancellor of the Exchequer (2019–20) and Secretary ...
Lillie Boileau (1869–1930) – early member of the Women's Freedom League and the Union of Ethical Societies; Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) – politician, chair of the Adult Suffrage Society, first woman Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom; Elsie Bowerman (1889–1973) – lawyer, member of the WSPU, RMS Titanic survivor
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom. [2] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State.