Centenary Action Female MP History

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Order (see note)	Name	Date first elected	Party (a)	Constituency/ies	Dates as MP (b)	Notes
2	1	Constance, Countess MARKIEVICZ	14-Dec-1918	SF	Dublin, St Patrick's	1918-22	Did not take seat
3	2	Nancy, Viscountess ASTOR, CH	15-Nov-1919	Con	Plymouth, Sutton	1919*-45
4	3	Margaret WINTRINGHAM	22-Sep-1921	Lib	Lincolnshire, Louth	1921*-24
5	4	Mabel PHILIPSON	31-May-1923	Con	Berwick-upon-Tweed	1923*-29
6	5	Dorothea JEWSON	06-Dec-1923	Lab	Norwich	1923-24
7	6	Arabella Susan LAWRENCE	06-Dec-1923	Lab	East Ham, North	1923-24; 1926*-31
8	7	Rt Hon Margaret BONDFIELD, CH	06-Dec-1923	Lab	Northampton; Wallsend (1926-31)	1923-24; 1926*-31	First woman Cabinet Minister
9	8	Lady Vera TERRINGTON	06-Dec-1923	Lib	Buckinghamshire, Wycombe	1923-24
10	9	Katharine, Duchess of ATHOLL, DBE	06-Dec-1923	Con	Perth and Kinross, Kinross and Western	1923-38
11	10	Rt Hon Ellen WILKINSON	29-Oct-1924	Lab	Middlesbrough, East; Jarrow (1935-47)	1924-31; 1935-47
12	11	Gwendolen, Countess of IVEAGH, CBE	19-Nov-1927	Con	Southend-on-Sea	1927*-35
13	12	Hilda RUNCIMAN	06-Mar-1928	Lib	Cornwall, St Ives	1928*-29
14	13	Florence DALTON	07-Feb-1929	Lab	Durham, Bishop Auckland	1929*
15	14	Rt Hon Jennie LEE	21-Mar-1929	Lab	Lanarkshire, Northern; Staffordshire, Cannock (1945-70)	1929*-31; 1945-70
16	15	Edith PICTON-TURBERVILL, OBE	30-May-1929	Lab	Shropshire, The Wrekin	1929-31
17	16	Mary HAMILTON	30-May-1929	Lab	Blackburn	1929-31
18	17	Dr Ethel BENTHAM	30-May-1929	Lab	Islington, East	1929-31
19	18	Lady Megan LLOYD GEORGE	30-May-1929	Lib	Anglesey; Carmarthen (1957-66)	1929-51; 1957*-66
20	19	Dr Marion PHILLIPS	30-May-1929	Lab	Sunderland	1929-31
21	20	Lady Cynthia MOSLEY	30-May-1929	Lab	Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke	1929-31
22	21	Eleanor RATHBONE	30-May-1929	Ind	Combined English Universities	1929-46
23	22	Lady Lucy NOEL-BUXTON	09-Jul-1930	Lab	Norfolk, North; Norwich (1945-1950)	1930*-31; 1945-50
24	23	Leah MANNING	19-Feb-1931	Lab	Islington, East; Essex, Epping (1945-50)	1931*; 1945-50
25	24	Helen SHAW, MBE	27-Oct-1931	Con	Lanarkshire, Bothwell	1931-35
26	25	Mavis TATE	27-Oct-1931	Con	Willesden, West; Somerset, Frome (1935-45)	1931-45
27	26	Ida COPELAND	27-Oct-1931	Con	Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke	1931-35
28	27	Sarah WARD	27-Oct-1931	Con	Staffordshire, Cannock	1931-35
29	28	Thelma CAZALET-KEIR, CBE	27-Oct-1931	Con	Islington, East	1931-45
30	29	Dame Irene WARD, CH	27-Oct-1931	Con	Wallsend; Tynemouth (1950-Feb 74)	1931-45; 1950- Feb 74
31	30	Norah RUNGE, OBE	27-Oct-1931	Con	Bermondsey, Rotherhithe	1931-35
32	31	Rt Hon Dame Florence HORSBURGH	27-Oct-1931	Con	Dundee; Manchester, Moss-Side (1950-59)	1931-45; 1950-59	First woman to move the Address in reply to the King's speech
33	32	Marjorie GRAVES	27-Oct-1931	Con	Hackney, South	1931-35
34	33	The Hon Mary PICKFORD, CBE	27-Oct-1931	Con	Hammersmith, North	1931-34
35	34	Frances, Viscountess DAVIDSON	22-Jun-1937	Con	Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead	1937*-59
36	35	Agnes HARDIE	07-Sep-1937	Lab	Glasgow, Springburn	1937*-45
37	36	Rt Hon Dr Edith SUMMERSKILL, CH	06-Apr-1938	Lab	Fulham; Warrington (1955-61)	1938*-61
38	37	Jennie ADAMSON	07-Nov-1938	Lab	Dartford; Bexley (1945-46)	1938*-46
39	38	Beatrice WRIGHT	11-Mar-1941	Con	Cornwall, Bodmin	1941*-45	First elected as Beatrice Rathbone
40	39	Lady Violet APSLEY	18-Feb-1943	Con	Bristol, Central	1943*-45
41	40	Rt Hon Barbara CASTLE	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Blackburn; Blackburn East (1950-55); Blackburn (1955-79)	1945-79
42	41	Jean MANN	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Lanarkshire, Coatbridge; Coatbridge and Airdire (1950-59)	1945-59
43	42	Grace COLMAN	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Tynemouth	1945-50
44	43	Rt Hon Margaret HERBISON	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Lanarkshire, North	1945-70
45	44	Barbara GOULD	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Hendon, North	1945-50
46	45	Rt Hon Alice BACON, CBE	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Leeds, North East; Leeds, South East (1955-70)	1945-70
47	46	Muriel NICHOL	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Bradford, North	1945-50
48	47	Florence PATON	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe	1945-50
49	48	Freda CORBET	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Camberwell, North-West; Camberwell, Peckham (1950-74)	1945-Feb 74
50	49	Mabel RIDEALGH	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Ilford, North	1945-50
51	50	Caroline GANLEY	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Battersea, South	1945-51
52	51	Bessie BRADDOCK	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Liverpool, Exchange	1945-70
53	52	Clarice SHAW	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Ayrshire and Bute, Kilmarnock	1945-46
54	53	Edith WILLS	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Birmingham, Duddeston	1945-50
55	54	Lucy MIDDLETON	05-Jul-1945	Lab	Plymouth, Sutton	1945-51
56	55	Priscilla, Lady TWEEDSMUIR	26-Nov-1946	Con	Aberdeen, South	1946*-66	First elected as Lady Grant of Monymusk
57	56	Alice CULLEN	30-Sep-1948	Lab	Glasgow, Gorbals	1948*-69
58	57	Dorothy REES	23-Feb-1950	Lab	Glamorgan, Barry	1950-51
59	58	Eirene WHITE	23-Feb-1950	Lab	Flintshire, East	1950-70
60	59	Elaine BURTON	23-Feb-1950	Lab	Coventry, South	1950-59
61	60	Rt Hon Dame Patricia HORNSBY-SMITH, DBE	23-Feb-1950	Con	Kent, Chislehurst	1950-66; 1970-Feb 74
62	61	Eveline HILL	23-Feb-1950	Con	Manchester, Wythenshawe	1950-64
63	62	Harriet SLATER	31-Mar-1953	Lab	Stoke-on-Trent, North	1953*-66	First woman Whip
64	63	Patricia FORD	15-Apr-1953	UUP	Down, North	1953*-55
65	64	Dame Edith PITT, DBE	02-Jul-1953	Con	Birmingham, Edgbaston	1953*-66
66	65	Lena JEGER	19-Nov-1953	Lab	Holborn and St Pancras, South	1953*-59; 1964-79
67	66	Dame Joan VICKERS, DBE	26-May-1955	Con	Plymouth, Devonport	1955-Feb 74
68	67	Joyce BUTLER	26-May-1955	Lab	Wood Green	1955-79
69	68	Patricia McLAUGHLIN	26-May-1955	UUP	Belfast, West	1955-64
70	69	The Hon Evelyn EMMET	26-May-1955	Con	East Sussex, East Grinstead	1955-64
71	70	Mervyn PIKE	19-Dec-1956	Con	Leicestershire, Melton	1956*-Feb 74
72	71	Lady Muriel GAMMANS	30-May-1957	Con	Hornsey	1957*-66
73	72	Mary McALISTER	13-Mar-1958	Lab	Glasgow, Kelvingrove	1958*-59
74	73	Rt Hon Betty HARVIE ANDERSON OBE, TD	08-Oct-1959	Con	Renfrewshire, East	1959-79	First woman Deputy Speaker
75	74	Rt Hon Dame Judith HART, DBE	08-Oct-1959	Lab	Lanark; Clydesdale (1983-87)	1959-87
76	75	Rt Hon Margaret THATCHER	08-Oct-1959	Con	Finchley	1959-92	First woman Prime Minister
77	76	Joan QUENNELL MBE	16-Nov-1960	Con	Petersfield	1960*-Oct 74
78	77	Anne KERR	15-Oct-1964	Lab	Rochester and Chatham	1964-70
79	78	Rt Hon Shirley WILLIAMS	15-Oct-1964	Lab	Hertfordshire, Hitchin; Hertford and Stevenage (Feb 1974-79); Crosby (1981-83)	1964-79; 1981*-83
80	79	Dr the Hon Shirley SUMMERSKILL	15-Oct-1964	Lab	Halifax	1964-83
81	80	Renee SHORT	15-Oct-1964	Lab	Wolverhampton, North-East	1964-87
82	81	Margaret McKAY	15-Oct-1964	Lab	Wandsworth, Clapham	1964-70
83	82	Dame Jill KNIGHT, DBE	31-Mar-1966	Con	Birmingham, Edgbaston	1966-97
84	83	Joan LESTOR	31-Mar-1966	Lab	Eton and Slough; Eccles (1987-97)	1966-83; 1987-97
85	84	Gwyneth DUNWOODY	31-Mar-1966	Lab	Exeter; Crewe (Feb 1974-83); Crewe and Nantwich (1983-2008)	1966-70; Feb 1974-2008
86	85	Winifred EWING	02-Nov-1967	SNP	Lanarkshire, Hamilton; Moray and Nairn (Feb 1974-79)	1967*-70; Feb 1974-79
87	86	Bernadette McALISKEY	17-Apr-1969	Ind. Unity	Mid-Ulster	1969*- Feb 74	First elected as Bernadette Devlin
88	87	Dame Elaine KELLETT-BOWMAN, DBE	18-Jun-1970	Con	Lancaster	1970-97
89	88	Constance MONKS OBE	18-Jun-1970	Con	Chorley	1970- Feb 74
90	89	Doris FISHER	18-Jun-1970	Lab	Birmingham, Ladywood	1970- Feb 74
91	90	Rt Hon Sally OPPENHEIM	18-Jun-1970	Con	Gloucester	1970-87
92	91	Dame Peggy FENNER, DBE	18-Jun-1970	Con	Rochester and Chatham; Medway (1983-97)	1970- Oct 74; 1979-97
93	92	Dame Janet FOOKES, DBE	18-Jun-1970	Con	Merton and Morden; Plymouth, Drake (Feb 1974-97)	1970-97
94	93	Joan HALL	18-Jun-1970	Con	Keighley	1970- Feb 74
95	94	Mary HOLT	18-Jun-1970	Con	Preston, North	1970- Feb 74
96	95	Rt Hon Betty BOOTHROYD	24-May-1973	Lab	West Bromwich; West Bromwich, West (Feb 1974-2000)	1973*-2000	First woman Speaker
97	96	Margo MacDONALD	08-Nov-1973	SNP	Glasgow, Govan	1973*-Feb 74
98	97	Maureen COLQUHOUN	28-Feb-1974	Lab	Northampton, North	Feb 1974-79
99	98	Rt Hon Lynda CHALKER	28-Feb-1974	Con	Wallasey	Feb 1974-92
100	99	Audrey WISE	28-Feb-1974	Lab	Coventry, South-West; Preston (1987-2000)	Feb 1974-79; 1987-2000