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National Liberal Party disbanded, joined the Conservative Party Conservative: 1968 Feb 1974: Defeated Conservative: Mervyn Parnicott-Pike [av] Melton: 1956: Feb 1974: Retired Conservative: Muriel Gammans [aw] Hornsey: 1957: 1966: Retired Labour: Mary McAlister [ax] Glasgow Kelvingrove: 1958: 1959: Defeated Unionist: Betty Harvie-Anderson [ay ...
Timeline of female MPs in the House of Commons; All-women shortlists; Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945) Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918; Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom § Women; Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Widow's succession
All-women shortlists are a method of affirmative action which has been used by the Labour Party to increase the representation of women in Parliament. As of 2015, 117 Labour MPs have been elected to the House of Commons after being selected as candidates through an all-women shortlist. [ 22 ]
One hundred and twenty one Conservative Party members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2024 general election, [1] the lowest number in history. [2] Party leader Kemi Badenoch is shown in bold.
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 ...
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately [2] (née Lightwood; [3] born 23 June 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since November 2024. [4]
Seventy-two Liberal Democrat members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2024 general election. [ 1 ] The List
This is a list of Conservative Party MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom representing the Conservative Party from 1834 onwards. Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd or the European Parliament are not listed. The provided period of a member's tenure as a constituency MP is ...