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Women MPs in Yorkshire
Women MPs in Yorkshire & the Humber
Women over the age of 30 got the vote on 6 February 1918, and those under thirty were enfranchised in July 1928.
However, Yorkshire had to wait until 1945 for its first female MPs, when two were elected. Since then there have been a total of 23 women MPs in the region, the vast majority of them being elected in or after 1997.
Currently, 23% of the region’s MPs are women – a little ahead of the national figure of 19.7%.
|
MP |
Constituency |
Party |
Dates of office |
|
Alice Bacon |
Leeds North East Leeds South East |
Labour |
1945 - 1955 1955 – 1970 |
|
Muriel Nichol |
Bradford North |
Labour |
1945-1950 |
|
Shirley Summerskill |
Halifax |
Labour |
1964 – 1983 |
|
Joan Hall |
Keighley |
Conservative |
1970 - 1974 |
|
Joan Maynard |
Sheffield Brightside |
Labour |
1974 - 1987 |
|
Elizabeth Peacock |
Batley & Spen |
Conservative |
1983 - 1997 |
|
Elizabeth Shields |
Ryedale |
Conservative |
1986 - 1987 |
|
Ann Taylor |
Dewsbury |
Labour |
1987 – 2005 |
|
Alice Mahon |
Halifax |
Labour |
1987 - 2005 |
|
Helen Jackson |
Sheffield Hillsbrough |
Labour |
1992 – 2005 |
|
Yvette Cooper |
Pontefract & Castleford |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Ann Cryer |
Keighley |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Caroline Flint |
Don Valley |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Anne McIntosh |
Vale of York |
Conservative |
1997 - |
|
Christine McCafferty |
Calder Valley |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Shona McIsaac |
Cleethorpes |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Kali Mountford |
Colne Valley |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Rosie Winterton |
Doncaster Central |
Labour |
1997 - |
|
Meg Munn |
Sheffield Heeley |
Labour |
2001 - |
|
Mary Creagh |
Wakefield |
Labour |
2005 - |
|
Diana Johnson |
Hull North |
Labour |
2005 - |
|
Linda Riordan |
Halifax |
Labour |
2005 - |
|
Angela Smith |
Sheffield Hillsbrough |
Labour |
2005 - |