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WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
This page lists the 118 women elected to
the House of Commons on 7 June 2001, as well as those returned in subsequent
by-elections. This is the second-highest number of women MPs in history,
and 2001 marked the first time more than one woman had been elected
from Northern Ireland. In addition to three from Northern Ireland there
are four from Wales, 11 from Scotland, and 100 English women MPs. The
women on Table 1 are listed by party, with a column showing their majorities,
while Table 2 shows how many women come from each
party. All 134 previous women MPs are listed separately on the Observatory,
by decade and by party, and a printable
version of these tables is also available.
Table 1: Women MPs
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
Majority 2001 (%)
|
|
Bottomley,
Virginia
|
Con
|
Surrey
South West
|
1984-date
|
..2
|
|
Browning,
Angela
|
Con
|
Tiverton
& Honiton
|
1992-date
|
11
|
|
Gillan,
Cheryl
|
Con
|
Chesham
& Amersham
|
1992-date
|
26
|
|
Kirkbride,
Julie
|
Con
|
Bromsgrove
|
1997-date
|
18
|
|
Laing,
Eleanor
|
Con
|
Epping
Forest
|
1997-date
|
20
|
|
Lait,
Jacqui
|
Con
|
Beckenham
|
1992-1997
1997-date
|
11
|
|
May,
Theresa
|
Con
|
Maidenhead
|
1997-date
|
..8
|
|
McIntosh,
Anne
|
Con
|
Vale
of York
|
1997-date
|
26
|
|
Roe,
Marion
|
Con
|
Broxbourne
|
1983-date
|
24
|
|
Shephard,
Gillian
|
Con
|
Norfolk
South West
|
1987-date
|
18
|
|
Spelman,
Caroline
|
Con
|
Meriden
|
1997-date
|
..9
|
|
Watkinson,
Angela
|
Con
|
Upminster
|
2001-date
|
..4
|
|
Widdecombe,
Ann
|
Con
|
Maidstone
& the Weald
|
1987-date
|
23
|
|
Winterton,
Ann
|
Con
|
Congleton
|
1983-date
|
16
|
|
Robinson,
Iris
|
DUP
|
Strangford
|
2001-date
|
..3
|
|
Abbott,
Diane
|
Lab
|
Hackney
North & Stoke Newtington
|
1987-date
|
46
|
|
Adams,
Irene
|
Lab
|
Paisley
North
|
1990-date
|
34
|
|
Anderson,
Janet
|
Lab
|
Rossendale
& Darwen
|
1992-date
|
13
|
|
Armstrong,
Hilary
|
Lab
|
Durham
North West
|
1987-date
|
42
|
|
Atherton,
Candy
|
Lab
|
Falmouth
& Camborne
|
1997-date
|
10
|
|
Atkins,
Charlotte
|
Lab
|
Staffordshire
Moorlands
|
1997-date
|
14
|
|
Baird,
Vera
|
Lab
|
Redcar
|
2001-date
|
35
|
|
Beckett,
Margaret
|
Lab
|
Derby
South
|
Oct. 1974-79
1983-date
|
32
|
|
Begg,
Anne
|
Lab
|
Aberdeen
South
|
1997-date
|
12
|
|
Blackman,
Elizabeth
|
Lab
|
Erewash
|
1997-date
|
14
|
|
Blears,
Hazel
|
Lab
|
Salford
|
1997-date
|
49
|
|
Buck,
Karen
|
Lab
|
Regent's
Park & Kensington North
|
1997-date
|
28
|
|
Campbell,
Anne
|
Lab
|
Cambridge
|
1992-date
|
20
|
|
Clark,
Helen
|
Lab
|
Peterborough
|
1997-date
|
..7
|
|
Clark,
Lynda
|
Lab
|
Edinburgh
Pentlands
|
1997-date
|
..5
|
|
Clwyd,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Cynon
Valley
|
1984-date
|
48
|
|
Coffey,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Stockport
|
1992-date
|
33
|
|
Cooper,
Yvette
|
Lab
|
Pontefract
& Castleford
|
1997-date
|
52
|
|
Corston,
Jean
|
Lab
|
Bristol
East
|
1992-date
|
33
|
|
Cryer,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Keighley
|
1997-date
|
..9
|
|
Curtis-Thomas,
Claire
|
Lab
|
Crosby
|
1997-date
|
23
|
|
Davey,
Valerie
|
Lab
|
Bristol
West
|
1997-date
|
..8
|
|
Dean,
Janet
|
Lab
|
Burton
|
1997-date
|
10
|
|
Drown,
Julia
|
Lab
|
South
Swindon
|
1997-date
|
17
|
|
Dunwoody,
Gwyneth
|
Lab
|
Crewe
& Nantwich
|
1966-70
Feb. 1974-date
|
24
|
|
Eagle,
Angela
|
Lab
|
Wallasey
|
1992-date
|
33
|
|
Eagle,
Maria
|
Lab
|
Liverpool
Garston
|
1997-date
|
39
|
|
Ellman,
Louise
|
Lab
|
Liverpool
Riverside
|
1997-date
|
55
|
|
Fitzsimons,
Lorna
|
Lab
|
Rochdale
|
1997-date
|
14
|
|
Flint,
Caroline
|
Lab
|
Don
Valley
|
1997-date
|
26
|
|
Follett,
Barbara
|
Lab
|
Stevenage
|
1997-date
|
20
|
|
Gilroy,
Linda
|
Lab
|
Plymouth
Sutton
|
1997-date
|
19
|
|
Griffiths,
Jane
|
Lab
|
Reading
East
|
1997-date
|
13
|
|
Harman,
Harriet
|
Lab
|
Camberwell
& Peckham
|
1982-date
|
56
|
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Heal,
Sylvia
|
Lab
|
Halesowen
& Rowley Regis
|
1990-92
1997-date
|
19
|
|
Hewitt,
Patricia
|
Lab
|
Leicester
West
|
1997-date
|
29
|
|
Hodge,
Margaret
|
Lab
|
Barking
|
1994-date
|
38
|
|
Hoey,
Kate
|
Lab
|
Vauxhall
|
1989-date
|
39
|
|
Hughes,
Beverley
|
Lab
|
Stretford
& Urmston
|
1997-date
|
34
|
|
Humble,
Joan
|
Lab
|
Blackpool
North & Fleetwood
|
1997-date
|
13
|
|
Jackson,
Glenda
|
Lab
|
Hampstead
& Highgate
|
1992-date
|
22
|
|
Jackson,
Helen
|
Lab
|
Sheffield
Hillsborough
|
1992-date
|
34
|
|
Johnson,
Melanie
|
Lab
|
Welwyn
Hatfield
|
1997-date
|
..3
|
|
Jones,
Helen
|
Lab
|
Warrington
North
|
1997-date
|
39
|
|
Jones,
Lynne
|
Lab
|
Birmingham
Selly Oak
|
1992-date
|
26
|
|
Jowell,
Tessa
|
Lab
|
Dulwich
& West Norwood
|
1992-date
|
32
|
|
Keeble,
Sally
|
Lab
|
Northampton
North
|
1997-date
|
19
|
|
Keen,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Brentford
& Isleworth
|
1997-date
|
23
|
|
Kelly,
Ruth
|
Lab
|
Bolton
West
|
1997-date
|
13
|
|
Kennedy,
Jane
|
Lab
|
Liverpool
Wavertree
|
1992-date
|
38
|
|
King,
Oona
|
Lab
|
Bethnal
Green & Bow
|
1997-date
|
26
|
|
Lawrence,
Jackie
|
Lab
|
Preseli
Pembrokeshire
|
1997-date
|
..8
|
|
Liddell,
Helen
|
Lab
|
Airdrie
& Shotts
|
1994-date
|
39
|
|
Mactaggart,
Fiona
|
Lab
|
Slough
|
1997-date
|
32
|
|
Mahon,
Alice
|
Lab
|
Halifax
|
1987-date
|
15
|
|
Mallaber,
Judy
|
Lab
|
Amber
Valley
|
1997-date
|
16
|
|
McCafferty,
Christine
|
Lab
|
Calder
Valley
|
1997-date
|
..7
|
|
McDonagh,
Siobhan
|
Lab
|
Mitcham
& Morden
|
1997-date
|
36
|
|
McGuire,
Anne
|
Lab
|
Stirling
|
1997-date
|
18
|
|
McIsaac,
Shona
|
Lab
|
Cleethorpes
|
1997-date
|
13
|
|
McKenna,
Rosemary
|
Lab
|
Cumbernauld
& Kilsyth
|
1997-date
|
25
|
|
McKechin,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Glasgow
Maryhill
|
1997-date
|
45
|
|
Merron,
Gillian
|
Lab
|
Lincoln
|
1997-date
|
23
|
|
Moffatt,
Laura
|
Lab
|
Crawley
|
1997-date
|
17
|
|
Moran,
Margaret
|
Lab
|
Luton
South
|
1997-date
|
26
|
|
Morgan,
Julie
|
Lab
|
Cardiff
North
|
1997-date
|
14
|
|
Morris,
Estelle
|
Lab
|
Birmingham
Yardley
|
1992-date
|
..9
|
|
Mountford,
Kali
|
Lab
|
Colne
Valley
|
1997-date
|
10
|
|
Munn,
Meg
|
Lab
|
Sheffield
Heeley
|
2001-date
|
..3
|
|
Organ,
Diana
|
Lab
|
Forest
of Dean
|
1997-date
|
..5
|
|
Osborne,
Sandra
|
Lab
|
Ayr
|
1997-date
|
..7
|
|
Perham,
Linda
|
Lab
|
Ilford
North
|
1997-date
|
..5
|
|
Picking,
Anne
|
Lab
|
East
Lothian
|
2001-date
|
29
|
|
Prentice,
Bridget
|
Lab
|
Lewisham
East
|
1992-date
|
30
|
|
Primarolo,
Dawn
|
Lab
|
Bristol
South
|
1987-date
|
35
|
|
Quin,
Joyce
|
Lab
|
Gateshead
East & Washington West
|
1987-date
|
53
|
|
Roche,
Barbara
|
Lab
|
Hornsey
& Wood Green
|
1992-date
|
24
|
|
Ruddock,
Joan
|
Lab
|
Lewisham
Deptford
|
1987-date
|
53
|
|
Russell,
Christine
|
Lab
|
City
of Chester
|
1997-date
|
15
|
|
Ryan,
Joan
|
Lab
|
Enfield
North
|
1997-date
|
..6
|
|
Shipley,
Debra
|
Lab
|
Stourbridge
|
1997-date
|
10
|
|
Short,
Clare
|
Lab
|
Birmingham
Ladywood
|
1983-date
|
58
|
|
Smith,
Angela
|
Lab
|
Basildon
|
1997-date
|
19
|
|
Smith,
Geraldine
|
Lab
|
Morecambe
& Lunesdale
|
1997-date
|
12
|
|
Smith,
Jacqui
|
Lab
|
Redditch
|
1997-date
|
..7
|
|
Southworth,
Helen
|
Lab
|
Warrington
South
|
1997-date
|
16
|
|
Squire,
Rachel
|
Lab
|
Dunfermline
West
|
1992-date
|
35
|
|
Starkey,
Dr Phyllis
|
Lab
|
Milton
Keynes South West
|
1997-date
|
15
|
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Stuart,
Gisela
|
Lab
|
Birmingham
Edgbaston
|
1997-date
|
12
|
|
Taylor,
Ann
|
Lab
|
Dewsbury
|
Oct. 1974-83
1987-date
|
20
|
|
Taylor,
Dari
|
Lab
|
Stockton
South
|
1997-date
|
21
|
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Walley,
Joan
|
Lab
|
Stoke-on-Trent
North
|
1987-date
|
40
|
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Ward,
Claire
|
Lab
|
Watford
|
1997-date
|
12
|
|
Williams,
Betty
|
Lab
|
Conwy
|
1997-date
|
18
|
|
Winterton,
Rosie
|
Lab
|
Doncaster
Central
|
1997-date
|
35
|
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Brooke,
Annette
|
LD
|
Mid
Dorset & Poole North
|
2001-date
|
..1
|
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Calton,
Patsy
|
LD
|
Cheadle
|
2001-date
|
.....0.1
|
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Doughty,
Sue
|
LD
|
Guildford
|
2001-date
|
..1
|
|
Gidley,
Sandra
|
LD
|
Romsey
|
2000-date
|
..5
|
| Teather,
Sarah |
LD |
Brent East |
2003-date
|
5
|
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Tonge,
Jenny
|
LD
|
Richmond
Park
|
1997-date
|
10
|
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Ewing,
Annabelle
|
SNP
|
Perth
|
2001-date
|
.....0.1
|
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Gildernew,
Michelle
|
SF
|
Fermanagh
& South Tyrone
|
2001-date
|
.....0.1
|
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Hermon,
Sylvia
|
UUP
|
North
Down
|
2001-date
|
20
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Table 2: House of Commons election
results by gender and party, 2001
|
Party
|
Women
|
Men
|
%
Women
|
|
Labour
|
95..
|
317...
|
23
|
|
Conservative
|
14..
|
152...
|
..8
|
|
Liberal
Democrat
|
6*
|
47..
|
11
|
|
SNP
|
1
|
4
|
20
|
|
UUP
|
1
|
5
|
17
|
|
DUP
|
1
|
4
|
20
|
|
Sinn
Fein
|
1
|
3
|
25
|
|
Other
|
0
|
9
|
..0
|
|
Total
|
118...
|
541...
|
18
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*Updated: 2003 By-election
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