|
|
WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS
This page (accurate as at 25
October 2010) lists the 143 women elected to the House of Commons
on 6May 2010. This is the highest number of women MPs in history.
The women on Table 1 are listed by party, while Table 2 shows how
many women come from each party. All previous women MPs are listed
separately on the Observatory, by decade and by party.
Table 1: Women MPs
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
| Bagshaw,
Louise |
Con |
Corby |
2010-date
|
| Baldwin,
Harriett |
Con |
West Worcestershire |
2010-date
|
| Blackwood,
Nicola |
Con |
Oxford West &
Abingdon |
2010-date
|
| Bradley,
Karen |
Con |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
2010-date
|
| Bray,
Angie |
Con |
Ealing Central and
Acton |
2010-date
|
| Bruce,
Fiona |
Con |
Congleton |
2010-date
|
| Coffey,
Therese |
Con |
Suffolk Coastal |
2010-date
|
| Crouch,
Tracey |
Con |
Chatham & Aylesford |
2010-date
|
| Dinenage,
Caroline |
Con |
Gosport |
2010-date
|
|
Dorries, Nadine
|
Con
|
Mid Bedfordshire
|
2005-date
|
| Doyle-Price,
Jackie |
Con |
Thurrock |
2010-date
|
| Ellison,
Jane |
Con |
Battersea |
2010-date
|
| Fullbrook,
Lorraine |
Con |
South Ribble |
2010-date
|
|
Gillan, Cheryl
|
Con
|
Chesham & Amersham
|
1992-date
|
| Grant,
Helen |
Con |
Maidstone & The
Weald |
2010-date
|
|
Greening, Justine
|
Con
|
Putney
|
2005-date
|
| Harris,
Rebecca |
Con |
Castle Point |
2010-date
|
| James,
Margot |
Con |
Stourbridge |
2010-date
|
|
Laing, Eleanor
|
Con
|
Epping Forest
|
1997-date
|
| Latham,
Pauline |
Con |
Mid Derbyshire |
2010-date
|
| Leadsom,
Andrea |
Con |
South Northamptonshire |
2010-date
|
| Lee,
Jessica |
Con |
Erewash |
2010-date
|
| Leslie,
Charlotte |
Con |
Bristol North West |
2010-date
|
| Lumley,
Karen |
Con |
Redditch |
2010-date
|
| Macleod,
Mary |
Con |
Brentford and Isleworth |
2010-date
|
|
Main, Anne
|
Con
|
St Albans
|
2005-date
|
|
May, Theresa
|
Con
|
Maidenhead
|
1997-date
|
|
McIntosh, Anne
|
Con
|
Vale of York
|
1997-date
|
| McVey,
Esther |
Con |
Wirral West |
2010-date
|
|
Miller, Maria
|
Con
|
Basingstoke
|
2005-date
|
|
Milton, Anne
|
Con
|
Guildford
|
2005-date
|
| Mordaunt,
Penny |
Con |
Portsmouth North |
2010-date
|
| Morgan,
Nicky |
Con |
Loughborough |
2010-date
|
| Morris,
Anne-Marie |
Con |
Newtown Abbot |
2010-date
|
| Newton,
Sarah |
Con |
Truro and Falmouth |
2010-date
|
| Noakes,
Caroline |
Con |
Romsey & Southampton
North |
2010-date
|
| Patel,
Priti |
Con |
Witham |
2010-date
|
| Perry,
Claire |
Con |
Devizes |
2010-date
|
| Rudd,
Amber |
Con |
Hastings and Rye |
2010-date
|
| Sandys,
Laura |
Con |
South Thanet |
2010-date
|
| Soubry,
Anna |
Con |
Broxtowe |
2010-date
|
|
Spelman, Caroline
|
Con
|
Meriden
|
1997-date
|
|
Smith, Chloe*
|
Con
|
Norwich North
|
2009-date
|
| Truss,
Elizabeth |
Con |
South West Norfolk |
2010-date
|
|
Villiers, Theresa
|
Con
|
Chipping Barnet
|
2005-date
|
|
Watkinson, Angela
|
Con
|
Upminster
|
2001-date
|
| Wheeler,
Heather |
Con |
South Derbyshire |
2010-date
|
| Wollaston,
Sarah |
Con |
Totnes |
2010-date
|
|
Abbott, Diane
|
Lab
|
Hackney North & Stoke Newington
|
1987-date
|
| Alexander,
Heidi |
Lab |
Lewisham East |
2010-date
|
| Ali,
Rushanara |
Lab |
Bethnal Green and
Bow |
2010-date
|
|
Beckett, Margaret
|
Lab
|
Derby South
|
Oct. 1974-79 1983-date
|
|
Begg, Anne
|
Lab
|
Aberdeen South
|
1997-date
|
| Berger,
Luciana |
Lab |
Liverpool Wavertree |
2010-date
|
|
Blackman-Woods, Roberta
|
Lab
|
City of Durham
|
2005-date
|
|
Blears, Hazel
|
Lab
|
Salford
|
1997-date
|
|
Brown, Lyn
|
Lab
|
West Ham
|
2005-date
|
|
Buck, Karen
|
Lab
|
Regent's Park & Kensington North
|
1997-date
|
| Chapman |
Lab |
Darlington |
2010-date
|
|
Clark, Katy
|
Lab
|
Ayrshire North & Arran
|
2005-date
|
|
Clwyd, Ann
|
Lab
|
Cynon Valley
|
1984-date
|
|
Coffey, Ann
|
Lab
|
Stockport
|
1992-date
|
|
Cooper, Rosie
|
Lab
|
Lancashire West
|
2005-date
|
|
Cooper, Yvette
|
Lab
|
Pontefract & Castleford
|
1997-date
|
|
Creagh, Mary
|
Lab
|
Wakefield
|
2005-date
|
| Creasy,
Stella |
Lab |
Walthamstow |
2010-date
|
| Curran,
Margaret |
Lab |
Glasgow East |
2010-date
|
| De
Piero, Gloria |
Lab |
Ashfield |
2010-date
|
| Doyle,
Gemma |
Lab |
West Dunbartonshire |
2010-date
|
|
Eagle, Angela
|
Lab
|
Wallasey
|
1992-date
|
|
Eagle, Maria
|
Lab
|
Liverpool Garston
|
1997-date
|
| Elliott,
Julie |
Lab |
Sunderland Central |
2010-date
|
|
Ellman, Louise
|
Lab
|
Liverpool Riverside
|
1997-date
|
|
Engel, Natascha
|
Lab
|
Derbyshire North East
|
2005-date
|
|
Flint, Caroline
|
Lab
|
Don Valley
|
1997-date
|
| Fovargue,
Yvonne |
Lab |
Makerfield |
2010-date
|
| Gilmore,
Sheila |
Lab |
Edinburgh East |
2010-date
|
| Glass,
Pat |
Lab |
North West Durham |
2010-date
|
| Glindon,
Mary |
Lab |
North Tyneside |
2010-date
|
| Green,
Kate |
Lab |
Stretford & Urmston |
2010-date
|
| Greenwood,
Lilian |
Lab |
Nottingham South |
2010-date
|
|
Goodman, Helen
|
Lab
|
Bishop Auckland
|
2005-date
|
|
Griffith, Nia
|
Lab
|
Llanelli
|
2005-date
|
|
Harman, Harriet
|
Lab
|
Camberwell & Peckham
|
1982-date
|
|
Hillier, Meg
|
Lab
|
Hackney South & Shoreditch
|
2005-date
|
| Hilling,
Julie |
Lab |
Bolton West |
2010-date
|
|
Hodge, Margaret
|
Lab
|
Barking
|
1994-date
|
|
Hodgson, Sharon
|
Lab
|
Gateshead East & Washington West
|
2005-date
|
|
Hoey, Kate
|
Lab
|
Vauxhall
|
1989-date
|
|
Jackson, Glenda
|
Lab
|
Hampstead & Highgate
|
1992-date
|
|
James, Siân
|
Lab
|
Swansea East
|
2005-date
|
| Jamieson,
Cathy |
Lab |
Kilmarnock &
Loudoun |
2010-date
|
|
Johnson, Diana
|
Lab
|
Hull North
|
2005-date
|
|
Jones, Helen
|
Lab
|
Warrington North
|
1997-date
|
| Jones,
Susan |
Lab |
Clwyd South |
2010-date
|
|
Jowell, Tessa
|
Lab
|
Dulwich & West Norwood
|
1992-date
|
|
Keeley, Barbara
|
Lab
|
Worsley
|
2005-date
|
| Kendall,
Liz |
Lab |
Leicester West |
2010-date
|
|
Mactaggart, Fiona
|
Lab
|
Slough
|
1997-date
|
| Mahmood,
Shabana |
Lab |
Birmingham, Ladywood |
2010-date
|
|
McCarthy, Kerry
|
Lab
|
Bristol East
|
2005-date
|
|
McDonagh, Siobhan
|
Lab
|
Mitcham & Morden
|
1997-date
|
| McGovern,
Alison |
Lab |
Wirral South |
2010-date
|
|
McGuire, Anne
|
Lab
|
Stirling
|
1997-date
|
|
McIsaac, Shona
|
Lab
|
Cleethorpes
|
1997-date
|
|
McKechin, Ann
|
Lab
|
Glasgow Maryhill
|
1997-date
|
| McKinnell
Catherine |
Lab |
Newcastle upon Tyne
North |
2010-date
|
|
Moon, Madeleine
|
Lab
|
Bridgend
|
2005-date
|
|
Morden, Jessica
|
Lab
|
Newport East
|
2005-date
|
|
Munn, Meg
|
Lab
|
Sheffield Heeley
|
2001-date
|
| Nandy,
Lisa |
Lab |
Wigan |
2010-date
|
| Nash,
Pamela |
Lab |
Airdrie and Shotts |
2010-date
|
| O'Donnell,
Fiona |
Lab |
East Lothian |
2010-date
|
| Onwurah,
Chi |
Lab |
Newcastle upon Tyne
Central |
2010-date
|
|
Osborne, Sandra
|
Lab
|
Carrick, Cumnock & Doune Valley
|
1997-date
|
| Pearce,
Teresa |
Lab |
Erith and Thamesmead |
2010-date
|
| Phillipson,
Bridget |
Lab |
Houghton & Sunderland
South |
2010-date
|
|
Primarolo, Dawn
|
Lab
|
Bristol South
|
1987-date
|
| Qureshi,
Yasmin |
Lab |
Bolton South East |
2010-date
|
| Reeves,
Rachel |
Lab |
Leeds West |
2010-date
|
| Reynolds,
Emma |
Lab |
Wolverhampton North
East 2010-date |
|
|
Riordan, Linda
|
Lab
|
Halifax
|
2005-date
|
|
Ruddock, Joan
|
Lab
|
Lewisham Deptford
|
1987-date
|
|
Seabeck, Alison
|
Lab
|
Plymouth Devonport
|
2005-date
|
|
Smith, Angela
|
Lab
|
Sheffield Hillsborough
|
2005-date
|
|
Stuart, Gisela
|
Lab
|
Birmingham Edgbaston
|
1997-date
|
|
Thornberry, Emily
|
Lab
|
Islington South & Finsbury
|
2005-date
|
| Vaz,
Valerie |
Lab |
Walsall South |
2010-date
|
|
Walley, Joan
|
Lab
|
Stoke-on-Trent North
|
1987-date
|
|
Winterton, Rosie
|
Lab
|
Doncaster Central
|
1997-date
|
|
Brooke, Annette
|
LD
|
Mid Dorset & Poole North
|
2001-date
|
|
Burt, Lorely
|
LD
|
Solihull
|
2005-date
|
|
Featherstone, Lynne
|
LD
|
Hornsey & Wood Green
|
2005-date
|
| Munt,
Tessa |
LD |
Wells |
2010-date
|
|
Swinson, Jo
|
LD
|
Dunbartonshire East
|
2005-date
|
|
Teather, Sarah
|
LD
|
Brent East
|
2003-date
|
|
Willott, Jenny
|
LD
|
Cardiff Central
|
2005-date
|
|
Gildernew, Michelle
|
SF
|
Fermanagh & South Tyrone
|
2001-date
|
| Long,
Naomi |
Alliance |
Belfast East |
2010-date
|
| Lucas,
Caroline |
Green |
Brighton Pavilion |
2010-date
|
| Ritchie,
Margaret |
SDLP |
South Down |
2010-date
|
| Whiteford,
Eilidh |
SNP |
Banff and Buchan |
2010-date
|
|
Hermon, Sylvia**
|
Ind
|
North Down
|
2001-date
|
* Smith, Chloe (Con) Norwich North - elected to parliament
in by-election 23 July 2009. Smith replaced the Labour MP Ian
Gibson after his resignation following the MPs expenses scandal..
** Sylvia Hermon originally held her seat as an Ulster Unionist
MP, however on 25 March 2010 she announced her resignation from
the UUP and was elected in 2010 as an Independent.
Table 2: House of Commons election
results by gender and party, 2010
|
Party
|
Women
|
Men
|
% Women
|
|
Labour
|
82
|
175
|
32
|
|
Conservative
|
48
|
258
|
16
|
|
Liberal Democrat
|
7
|
50
|
12
|
|
SNP
|
1
|
5
|
17
|
|
Alliance
|
1
|
0
|
100
|
|
Sinn Fein
|
1
|
4
|
20
|
|
SDLP
|
1
|
2
|
33
|
|
Green
|
1
|
0
|
100
|
|
Other
|
1
|
13
|
8
|
|
Total
|
143
|
507
|
22
|
|
