The Honourable Ladies

Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019

Iain Dale, Jacqui Smith

• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781785902451
• eBook ISBN: 9781785904479
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Biteback Publishing is delighted to announce a major new project, a two volume series of biographies of every female MP ever to be elected to the House of Commons.When Constance Markievicz stood for election as MP for Dublin St Patrick's in 1918, few people believed she could win the seat – yet she did.A breakthrough in the bitter struggle for female enfranchisement had come earlier that year, followed by a second landmark piece of legislation allowing women to be elected to Parliament – and Markievicz duly became the first woman MP. A member of Sinn Féin, she refused to take her seat. She did, however, pave the way for future generations, and only eleven months later, Nancy Astor entered the Commons.A century on from that historic event, 491 women have now passed through the hallowed doors of Parliament. Each one of these pioneers has fought tenaciously to introduce enduring reform, and in doing so has helped revolutionise Britain's political landscape, ensuring that women's contributions are not consigned to the history books.Containing profiles of all 287 woman MPs from 1997 to 2019, and with female contributors from Mary Beard to Caroline Lucas, Ruth Davidson to Yvette Cooper and Margaret Beckett to Ann Widdecombe, The Honourable Ladies: Volume II is an indispensable and illuminating testament to the stories and achievements of these remarkable women.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface by Iain Dale
• Preface by Jacqui Smith
• Facts and Figures
• Parliamentary Firsts for Women
• Candy Atherton – Linda Gilroy
• Charlotte Atkins – Kathryn Stanczyszyn
• Jackie Ballard – Carolyn Quinn
• Anne Begg – Anne McGuire
• Liz Blackman – Freya Pratty
• Hazel Blears – Jane Merrick
• Helen Clark – Linda McDougall
• Karen Buck – Scarlett MccGwire
• Christine Butler – Natalie Bennett
• Lynda Clark – Ann McKechin
• Yvette Cooper – Jess Asato
• Ann Cryer – Linda McDougall
• Claire Curtis-Thomas – Florence Boyle
• Valerie Davey – Karin Smyth
• Janet Dean – Ruth Smeeth
• Julia Drown – Fiona Mactaggart
• Maria Eagle – Katie French
• Louise Ellman – Charlotte Henry
• Lorna Fitzsimons – Rachel Cashman
• Caroline Flint – Julia Langdon
• Barbara Follett – Julia Langdon
• Linda Gilroy – Celia Ellacott
• Eileen Gordon – Linda Perham
• Jane Griffiths – Katie French
• Patricia Hewitt – Julia Langdon
• Beverley Hughes – Faten Hussein
• Joan Humble – Cat Smith
• Melanie Johnson – Mims Davies
• Fiona Jones – Linda McDougall
• Helen Jones – Jacqueline Fletcher
• Jenny Jones – Gisela Stuart
• Sally Keeble – Natasa Pantelic
• Ann Keen – Julia Langdon
• Ruth Kelly – Terry Stiastny
• Oona King – Ayesha Hazarika
• Tess Kingham – Sue Hayman
• Julie Kirkbride – Edwina Currie
• Eleanor Laing – Angela Browning
• Jackie Lawrence – Rachel Reeves
• Fiona Mactaggart – Celia Ellacott
• Judy Mallaber – Celia Ellacott
• Theresa May – Tracey Crouch
• Christine McCafferty –Holly Lynch
• Siobhain McDonagh – Mary Honeyball
• Anne McGuire – Kirsten Muat
• Anne McIntosh – Vivian Widgery
• Shona McIsaac – Shona Woodfine
• Rosemary McKenna – Anne McGuire
• Gillian Merron – Claire Ward
• Laura Moffatt – Caroline Flint
• Margaret Moran – Linda Gilroy
• Julie Morgan – Fiona Mactaggart
• Kali Mountford – Paula Keaveney
• Diana Organ – Sue Hickman
• Sandra Osborne – Anne McGuire
• Linda Perham – Eileen Gordon
• Christine Russell – Eleni Courea
• Joan Ryan – Sally Gimson
• Debra Shipley – Linda Gilroy
• Angela Smith – Polly Billington
• Geraldine Smith – Cat Smith
• Jacqui Smith – Sarah Hayward
• Helen Southworth – Antonia Bunnin
• Caroline Spelman – Jo Phillips
• Phyllis Starkey – Fiona Mactaggart
• Gisela Stuart – Elizabeth Vallance
• Dari Taylor – Vivian Widgery
• Jenny Tonge – Liz Barker
• Claire Ward – Barbara Follett
• Betty Williams – Marta Miori
• Rosie Winterton – Elizabeth Vallance
• Sandra Gidley – Liz Barker
• Vera Baird – Natalie Bennett
• Annette Brooke – Miranda Green
• Patsy Calton – Rebecca McKee
• Sue Doughty – Lesley Abdela
• Annabelle Ewing – Elaine Gibb
• Michelle Gildernew – Claddagh Nic Lochlainn
• Sylvia Hernon – Nan Sloane
• Ann McKechin – Maggie McTernan
• Meg Munn – Sue Griffiths
• Anne Moffat – Florence Boyle
• Iris Robinson – Nan Sloane
• Angela Watkinson – Ann Widdecombe
• Sarah Teather – Lynne Featherstone
• Celia Barlow – Amy King
• Roberta Blackman-Woods – Julia Buckingham
• Lyn Brown – Catherine Levin
• Lorely Burt – Cindy Yu
• Dawn Butler – Penny Andrews
• Katy Clark – Kirsten Muat
• Rosie Cooper – Ruth Smeeth
• Mary Creagh – Nan Sloane
• Nadine Dorries – Penny Andrews
• Natascha Engel – Sue Griffiths
• Lynne Featherstone – Layla Moran
• Julia Goldsworthy – Terry Stiastny
• Helen Goodman – Cara Bentley
• Justine Greening – Miranda Green
• Nia Griffith – Charlotte Henry
• Meg Hillier – Nia Griffith
• Sharon Hodgson – Natasa Pantelic
• Siân James – Caitlin Prowle
• Diana Johnson – Stacey Frier
• Barbara Keeley – Roberta Blackman-Woods
• Susan Kramer – Caroline Pidgeon
• Kerry McCarthy – Alex Beverley
• Sarah McCarthy-Fry – Helen Catt
• Anne Main – Virginia Crosbie
• Maria Miller – Sarah Childs
• Anne Milton – Edwina Currie
• Madeleine Moon – Sophy Gardner
• Jessica Morden – Nia Griffith
• Linda Riordan – Elizabeth Bates
• Alison Seabeck – Lydia Willgress
• Angela C. Smith – Hannah Lazell
• Anne Snelgrove – Julie Lawrence
• Jo Swinson – Olly Grender
• Emily Thornberry – Lucy Fisher
• Kitty Ussher – Sarah Ward
• Theresa Villiers – Caroline Spelman
• Lynda Waltho – Gisela Stuart
• Jenny Willott – Kathryn Sturgeon
• Chloe Smith – Anne Jenkin
• Heidi Alexander – Joan Ruddock
• Rushanara Ali – Dia Chakravarty
• Louise Mensch – Nicky Morgan
• Harriett Baldwin – Maria Miller
• Luciana Berger – Sarah Linney
• Nicola Blackwood – Gabby Stafford
• Karen Bradley – Aine Lagan
• Angie Bray – Gabby Stafford
• Fiona Bruce – Cara Bentley
• Jenny Chapman – Beth Fotheringham
• Thérèse Coffey – Meg Munn
• Stella Creasy – Kathryn Perera
• Tracey Crouch – Jane Merrick
• Margaret Curran – Elaine Gibb
• Gloria De Piero – Vicky Foxcroft
• Caroline Dinenage – Tracey Crouch
• Gemma Doyle – Florence Boyle
• Jackie Doyle-Price – Alys Denby
• Julie Elliott – Elsie Greenwood
• Jane Ellison – Leonie Cooper
• Yvonne Fovargue – Marie Birchall
• Lorraine Fullbrook – Sarah Elliott
• Sheila Gilmore – Linda Gilroy
• Pat Glass – Lisa Solley
• Mary Glindon – Asha Fowells
• Helen Grant – Virginia Crosbie
• Kate Green – Mary Honeyball
• Lilian Greenwood – Jen Thornton
• Rebecca Harris – Julie Marson
• Julie Hilling – Jayne Innes
• Margot James – Charlotte Henry
• Cathy Jamieson – Anne McGuire
• Susan Elan Jones – Jacqueline Fletcher
• Liz Kendall – Jackie Ashley
• Pauline Latham – Christine Talbot
• Andrea Leadsom – Eleanor Laing
• Jessica Lee – Victoria Prentis
• Charlotte Leslie – Lisa Solley
• Naomi Long – Nan Sloane
• Caroline Lucas – Natalie Bennett
• Karen Lumley – Caroline Spelman
• Mary Macleod – Eleanor Laing
• Shabana Mahmood – Siân Thomas
• Alison McGovern – Catherine McDonald
• Catherine McKinnell – Elsie Greenwood
• Esther McVey – Suzanne Evans
• Penny Mordaunt – Tara Nixon
• Nicky Morgan – Julie Kirkbride
• Anne Marie Morris – Lydia Willgress
• Tessa Munt – Thangam Debbonaire
• Sheryll Murray – Katie French
• Lisa Nandy – Linda McDougall
• Pamela Nash – Anne McGuire
• Sarah Newton – Lisa Townsend
• Caroline Nokes – Zehra Zaidi
• Fiona O’Donnell – Anne McGuire
• Chi Onwurah – Sarah Ward
• Priti Patel – Carole Walker
• Teresa Pearce – Jo Phillips
• Claire Perry – Julie Marson
• Bridget Phillipson – Meg Munn
• Yasmin Qureshi – Leigh Ingham
• Rachel Reeves – Rosa Prince
• Emma Reynolds – Laura Griffiths
• Margaret Ritchie – Joanna Cherry
• Amber Rudd – Janet Fookes
• Laura Sandys – Christine Talbot
• Anna Soubry – Ellie Levenson
• Liz Truss – Kate Maltby
• Valerie Vaz – Sally Gimson
• Heather Wheeler – Zehra Zaidi
• Eilidh Whiteford – Elaine Gibb
• Sarah Wollaston – Jo Phillips
• Debbie Abrahams – Eleni Courea
• Seema Malhotra – Hilary Baxter
• Lucy Powell – Catherine McDonald
• Sarah Champion – Anne Alexander
• Emma Lewell-Buck – Jessica Smith
• Liz McInnes – Lucy Atkinson
• Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh – Anna Phillips
• Lucy Allan – Paula Keaveney
• Heidi Allen – Michelle Smart
• Caroline Ansell – Rachel Cashman
• Victoria Atkins – Jess Asato
• Hannah Bardell – Marie Le Conte
• Mhairi Black – Sarah Linney
• Kirsty Blackman – Penny Andrews
• Victoria Borwick – Sue Cameron
• Deidre Brock – Kairin van Sweeden
• Ruth Cadbury – Mary Honeyball
• Lisa Cameron – Laura Williamson
• Maria Caulfield – Rachel Cashman
• Joanna Cherry – Lizzy Buchan
• Jo Churchill – Christine Talbot
• Julie Cooper – Leigh Ingham
• Jo Cox – Rachel Reeves
• Angela Crawley – Eleni Courea
• Judith Cummins – Glenys Thornton
• Mims Davies – Laura Emily Dunn
• Thangam Debbonaire – Emma Burnell
• Michelle Donelan – Rachel Maclean
• Flick Drummond – Julie Marson
• Marion Fellows – Lotte Hargrave
• Suella Braverman – Michelle Smart
• Margaret Ferrier – Lisa Solley
• Colleen Fletcher – Sara Smith
• Vicky Foxcroft – Elizabeth Woodbridge
• Lucy Frazer – Laura Emily Dunn
• Nusrat Ghani – Louise Casey
• Patricia Gibson – Paula Keaveney
• Margaret Greenwood – Sadie Trent
• Louise Haigh – Caroline Flint
• Carolyn Harris – Natasa Pantelic
• Helen Hayes – Rachel Reeves
• Sue Hayman – Celia Ellacott
• Kate Hollern – Sadie Trent
• Rupa Huq – Sheri-Ann Bhim
• Andrea Jenkyns – Diane Banks
• Seema Kennedy – Rachel Reeves
• Rebecca Long-Bailey – Eleni Courea
• Holly Lynch – Mairi-Frances McKay
• Rachael Maskell – Chloe Schendel-Wilson
• Tania Mathias – Nicola Sirin
• Natalie McGarry – Elaine Gibb
• Anne McLaughlin – Elaine Gibb
• Amanda Milling – Rebecca Fisher
• Carol Monaghan – Elaine Gibb
• Wendy Morton – Sylvia Crookes
• Melanie Onn – Jessica Raspin
• Kate Osamor – Chamindra Weerawardhana
• Kirsten Oswald – Rachel Willmer
• Jess Phillips – Ellie Levenson
• Rebecca Pow – Sadie Trent
• Victoria Prentis – Kit Coldstream
• Angela Rayner – Linda McDougall
• Christina Rees – Arlene Small
• Marie Rimmer – Laura Williamson
• Mary Robinson – Eleni Courea
• Antoinette Sandbach – Zehra Zaidi
• Liz Saville Roberts – Laura Williamson
• Naz Shah – Louise Casey
• Paula Sherriff – Holly Lynch
• Tulip Siddiq – Catherine West
• Ruth Smeeth – Anne-Marie Trevelyan
• Cat Smith – Rosie Sourbut
• Karin Smyth – Jo Gibbons
• Amanda Solloway – Antoinette Sandbach
• Jo Stevens – Sheri-Ann Bhim
• Alison Thewliss – Elaine Gibb
• Michelle Thomson – Lizzy Buchan
• Maggie Throup – Kerry Buist
• Kelly Tolhurst – Julie Marson
• Anne-Marie Trevelyan – Ruth Smeeth
• Anna Turley – Ellie Levenson
• Catherine West – Tulip Siddiq
• Helen Whately – Aine Lagan
• Philippa Whitford – Emmeline Ledgerwood
• Corri Wilson – Emma Cunningham
• Gill Furniss – Kathryn Sturgeon
• Rosena Allin-Khan – Kathryn Perera
• Tracy Brabin – Anne Alexander
• Sarah Olney – Bridie Pearson-Jones
• Caroline Johnson – Vicky Ford
• Trudy Harrison – Theodora Dickinson
• Tonia Antoniazzi – Seema Malhotra
• Kemi Badenoch – Jacqui Smith
• Marsha de Cordova – Leonie Cooper
• Emma Dent Coad – Bridie Pearson-Jones
• Julia Lopez – Emma Barr
• Anneliese Dodds – Mary Honeyball
• Rosie Duffield – Emma Burnell
• Vicky Ford – Kate Maltby
• Ruth George – Arlene Small
• Preet Kaur Gill – Siân Thomas
• Kirstene Hair – Andrea Gee
• Emma Hardy – Jessica Raspin
• Wera Hobhouse – Tali Fraser
• Christine Jardine – Anne McGuire
• Sarah Jones – Jen Thornton
• Gillian Keegan – Julie Marson
• Lesley Laird – Kirsten Muat
• Karen Lee – Mairi-Frances McKay
• Emma Little-Pengelly – Liz Barker
• Elisha McCallion – Claddagh Nic Lochlainn
• Rachel Maclean – Lauren McEvatt
• Anna McMorrin – Shazia Awan-Scully
• Layla Moran – Linda McDougall
• Fiona Onasanya – Erin Sharpe
• Stephanie Peacock – Linda McDougall
• Laura Pidcock – Erin Sharpe
• Jo Platt – Emma Burnell
• Ellie Reeves – Jane Whyatt
• Danielle Rowley – Emily Thornberry
• Eleanor Smith – Ora Ibanibo
• Laura Smith – Alex Beverley
• Liz Twist – Jackie Doyle-Price
• Thelma Walker – Hollie Wickens
• Órfhlaith Begley – Claddagh Nic Lochlainn
• Janet Daby – Jane Whyatt
• Ruth Jones – Jane Whyatt
• Lisa Forbes – Erin Sharpe
• Jane Dodds – Caron Lindsay
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