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Lena Jeger MP photo from Getty

Patricia Ford and Lena Jeger

October 4, 2021September 3, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Labour MP Lena Jeger (1915-2007) and Ulster Unionist MP Patricia Ford (1921-1995) both won their seats in by-elections in 1953. In a sign perhaps that women … Continue reading Patricia Ford and Lena Jeger

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Eirene Lloyd Jones election leaflet 1945

Dorothy Rees and Eirene White

September 13, 2021May 11, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Dorothy Rees (1898-1987) and Eirene White (1909-1999) were the first women to represent  Labour in Wales, winning Glamorgan, Barry and Flintshire, East respectively in the 1950 … Continue reading Dorothy Rees and Eirene White

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Edith Pitt, National Portrait Gallery

Elaine Burton and Edith Pitt

August 23, 2021April 7, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Labour MP Elaine Burton (1904-1991) and Conservative MP Edith Pitt (1906-1966) both represented Midlands seats and served together on the first western parliamentary delegation to the … Continue reading Elaine Burton and Edith Pitt

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Eveline Hill, National Portrait Gallery

Alice Cullen and Eveline Hill

August 2, 2021April 7, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Alice Cullen (1891-1969) and Eveline Hill (1898-1973) were committed to the communities that they represented, chalking up impressive records in local government before taking their seats … Continue reading Alice Cullen and Eveline Hill

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Baroness Hornsby-Smith, National Portrait Gallery

Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir, Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Harriet Slater

July 12, 2021April 7, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Priscilla Thomson (1915-1978) was the first woman to represent Aberdeen South. Elected in a by-election in 1946, she was one of only two female Conservative MPs … Continue reading Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir, Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Harriet Slater

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View of new Labour women MPs 1945

Women MPs, 1945-1955

June 21, 2021May 11, 2021 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. At the end of the second world war, the United Kingdom turned to the challenge of improving people’s lives, but there were several years of economic … Continue reading Women MPs, 1945-1955

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Mrs E A Wills, Birmingham, Duddeston. July 1945. © Parliamentary Archives, PHO/9/1/85/4

Mabel Ridealgh and Edith Wills

May 31, 2021December 22, 2020 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. The expectation of change among working-class women weighed heavily on the Labour women who were elected in 1945. Never had so many women stood for election … Continue reading Mabel Ridealgh and Edith Wills

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Mrs M W Nichol, Bradford, North. July 1945. © Parliamentary Archives, PHO/9/1/56/2  

Lucy Middleton and Muriel Nichol

May 10, 2021December 22, 2020 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Labour MPs Lucy Middleton (1894-1983) and Muriel Nichol (1893-1983) took up their seats in Plymouth, Sutton and Bradford North in 1945.  Both were well known in … Continue reading Lucy Middleton and Muriel Nichol

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Mrs J Mann, Lanark, Coatbridge. July 1945. © Parliamentary Archives, PHO/9/1/50/3

Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann

April 19, 2021December 22, 2020 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Margaret Herbison (1907-1996) and Jean Mann (1889-1964) were elected as Labour MPs in Lanarkshire in 1945: Herbison’s father was a coalminer, Mann’s an iron moulder. Both … Continue reading Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann

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Mrs C S Ganley, Battersea, South. July 1945. © Parliamentary Archives, PHO/9/1/29/1 

Barbara Ayrton Gould and Caroline Ganley

March 29, 2021December 22, 2020 ukvote100

The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. In the 1920s and 30s, women often struggled to secure safe or target seats because it was feared that they would be unpopular with voters. In … Continue reading Barbara Ayrton Gould and Caroline Ganley

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