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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
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 ...
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 ]
Conservative: Elizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange [9] 19 November 1963 12 December 1974 Hereditary peeress Conservative: Frances Davidson, Baroness Northchurch [10] 13 January 1964 25 November 1985 Life peeress Conservative: Katherine Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne [11] 27 October 1964 20 September 1995 Hereditary peeress Conservative
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.
Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Labour: Jennette Arnold: London & North East: 2000: 2021: Retired Liberal Democrats: Louise Bloom: London
Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party from the beginning of this parliament through 2 November 2024; former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer: 175 The Hon Stephen Kinnock: Lab Aberafan Maesteg: 1 Jan 1970: 176 Neil Coyle: Lab Bermondsey and Old Southwark: 30 Dec 1978: 177