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Constituency abolished due to establishment of Irish Free State: Conservative: Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: 1945: Retired Liberal: Margaret Wintringham [b] Louth, Lincolnshire: 1921: 1924: Defeated Conservative: Mabel Philipson [c] Berwick-upon-Tweed: 1923: 1929: Retired Labour: Margaret Bondfield: Northampton & Wallsend: 1923 & 1926: ...
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 in the House: a study of women Members of Parliament. Athlone Press. ISBN 9780485111866. All Party Parliamentary Group Women in Parliament (July 2014). "Improving Parliament: Creating a Better and More Representative House" (PDF). House of Commons "Harman's office Thatcher U-turn". BBC News. London: BBC. 16 September 2009
Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945) List of female members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Mother of Parliament; Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom § Women; Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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 ...
(Scottish Parliament) Eleanor Scott (b. 1951) Highlands and Islands [a] (Scottish Parliament) 2002 2004 Shiona Baird (b. 1946) North East Scotland [a] (Scottish Parliament) 2004 2007 Alison Johnstone (b. 1965) Lothian [a] (Scottish Parliament) 2007 2008 Eleanor Scott (b. 1951) N/A 2008 2011 Martha Wardrop (b. 1951) Hillhead (council ward) 2011 ...
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
In the United Kingdom's 2017 general election, 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. A record number of women (208) were elected as MPs. [1] Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons. [2]