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WOMEN MPS ELECTED 1960s
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Joan Quennell
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Date of Birth
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23 December
1923
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Family
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unmarried
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Education
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Dunhurst
and Bedales Schools
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Early career
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farmer, war
service
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Early political experience
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Vice Chairman,
Horsham Conservative Association (1949), Chairman (1956-61); West
Sussex County Council (1951-61)
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Years in parliament
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1960-Sept. 1974
(ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Petersfield
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Offices held
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PPS to
Minister of Transport (1962-64)
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Other public offices
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JP (1958-80)
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Honours or titles
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MBE
(1958)
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Anne Kerr
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Date of Birth
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24 March 1925
(née
Bersey)
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Family
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married (1944),
one son; remarried Russell Kerr, future MP (1960)
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Education
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St Paul's
Girls' School
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Early career
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actress and
broadcaster
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Early political experience
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London
County Council (1958-61, 1961-65), contested Twickenham (1959)
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Years in parliament
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1964-70 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Rochester
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Other public offices
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Chairman,
Women against the Common Market
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Death
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29 July 1973
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Margaret McKay
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Date of Birth
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22 June 1911
(née McCarthy)
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Family
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married
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Education
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elementary only
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Early career
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union official,
PR consultant
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Early political experience
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contested Walthamstow
East (1959)
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Years in parliament
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1964-70 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Clapham
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Other public offices
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TUC Chief Women's
Officer
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Honours or titles
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Commander of
Order of Cedar of Lebanon
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Death
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1 March 1996
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Renée
Short
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Date of Birth
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1919
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Family
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married, two
daughters
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Education
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Manchester University
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Early career
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journalist
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Early political experience
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Hertfordshire
County Council (1952-67), Watford Rural District Council (1952-56),
contested St Albans (1955), Watford (1959)
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Years in parliament
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1964-87 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Wolverhampton
Northeast
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Offices held
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Chairman of
select committee on social services (1979-87)
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Other public offices
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Labour NEC (1970-81,
1983-88)
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Shirley Summerskill
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Date of Birth
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9 September
1931
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Family
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daughter of
Edith Summerskill MP, unmarried
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Education
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Somerville College,
Oxford; St Thomas' Hospital
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Early career
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medical doctor
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Early political experience
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contested Blackpool
North (1962)
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Years in parliament
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1964-83 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Halifax
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Offices held
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Under-Secretary
of State, Home Office (1974-79)
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Opposition portfolios
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Health (1970-74),
Home Affairs (1979-83)
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Shirley Williams (Baroness
Williams of Crosby)
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Date of Birth
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27 July 1930
(née Catlin)
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Family
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married twice,
one daughter by first marriage
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Education
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Somerville College,
Oxford; Columbia University
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Early career
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journalist
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Early political experience
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contested Harwich
(1954 and 1955), Southampton Test (1959)
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Years in parliament
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1964-79 (def.),
1981-83 (def.)
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Party
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Labour, SDP
(1981-), SLDP (1988), Liberal Democrat (1989-)
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Constituency
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Hitchin, Hertford
& Stevenage (1974-), Crosby (1981-)
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Offices held
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PPS to Minister
of Health (1964-66), Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour
(1966-67)
Minister of State, Department of Education & Science (1967-69),
Minister of State, Home Office (1969-70), Secretary of State for
Prices & Consumer Protection (1974-76), Secretary of State for
Education & Science and Paymaster General (1976-79), Liberal
Democrat leader of the House of Lords (2001-date)
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Opposition portfolios
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Social Security
(1970-71), Home Secretary (1971-73), Prices and Consumer Affairs
(1973-74)
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Other public offices
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Labour
Party NEC (1970-81), President of SDP (1982-88)
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Honours or titles
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life peerage
(1993)
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Gwyneth Dunwoody
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Date of Birth
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12 December
1930 (née Philips)
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Family
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daughter of
Baroness Philips and Morgan Philips, Labour party general secretary;
married John Dunwoody, future MP (1954, later divorced), three children
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Education
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Fulham
County Secondary School
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Early political experience
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contested
Exeter (1964)
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons
1966-70 (def.), Feb. 1974-date; European Parliament (1975-79)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Exeter, Crewe
(1974-83), Crewe & Nantwich
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Offices held
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Parliamentary
Secretary to Board of Trade (1967-70), chair of select committee
on transport (1997-2001)
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Opposition portfolios
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Foreign Affairs
(1979-80), Health (1980-83), Transport (1984-85)
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Other public offices
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Labour
Party NEC (1981-88), vice president Socialist International Women,
Director, Film Production Association of Great Britain (1970-74)
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Jill Knight (Baroness Knight
of Collingtree)
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Date of Birth
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1923
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Family
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married (1947),
two sons
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Education
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King Edward
Grammar School
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Early political experience
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Northampton
Borough Council (1956-66), contested Northampton (1959, 1964)
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Years in parliament
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1966-97 (ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Birmingham Edgbaston
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Offices held
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member
of various select committees
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Other public offices
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Council
of Europe (1977-88), Chairman British Inter-Parliamentary Union
(1994-97)
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Honours or titles
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MBE (1964),
DBE (1985), life peerage (1997)
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Further reading
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Knight, About
the House (1985)
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Joan Lestor (Baroness Lestor
of Eccles)
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Date of Birth
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13 November
1931
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Family
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married and
divorced, two adopted children
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Education
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London University
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Early career
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nursery school
teacher
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Early political experience
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Wandsworth Borough
Council (1958-68), LCC (1962-64), contested West Lewisham (1964)
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Years in parliament
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1966-83 (def.),
1987-97 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Eton & Slough,
Eccles (1983-)
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Offices held
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Under-Secretary
of State, Department of Education & Science (1969-70), Under-Secretary
of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (1974-75), Under-Secretary
of State, Department of Education & Science (1975-76)
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Opposition portfolios
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Education (1970-74),
Development & Cooperation (1987-88), Children (1989-92), Children
& the Family (1993-94), Overseas Development (1994-97)
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Other public
offices
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Labour Party
NEC (1968), Labour party chairman (1977-78)
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Honours or titles
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life peerage
(1997)
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Death
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27 March 1998
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Winifred Ewing
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Date of Birth
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10 July 1929
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Family
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married, three
children including Annabelle Ewing MP MSP and Fergus Ewing MSP
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Education
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University of
Glasgow
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Early career
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solicitor, law
lecturer
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons
(1967-70 (def.), Feb. 1974-79 (def.), European Parliament (1979-99
(ret.)), Scottish Parliament (1999-date)
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Party
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Scottish National
Party
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Constituency
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Hamilton, Moray
& Nairn (1974-); Highlands & Islands (European and Scottish
Parliaments)
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Other public offices
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President, Glasgow
Bar Association (1970-71)
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Bernadette Devlin (McAliskey)
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Date of Birth
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23 April 1947
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Family
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married with
children
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Education
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Queen's University
of Belfast
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Early career
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student
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Years in parliament
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1969-Feb. 1974
(def.)
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Other campaigns
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Contested Northern
Ireland seat in European election (1979) and Dublin North Central
(Feb. and Nov. 1982)
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Party
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Independent
Unity
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Constituency
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Mid Ulster
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Other public
offices
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founder, Irish
Republican Socialist Party
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Further reading
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Devlin, The
Price of My Soul (1969)
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