It's #MPMonday and this #WHM23 we are looking at Jennie Lee. Elected MP for North Lanarkshire during a by-election in March 1929, Lee was just 24. The Equal Franchise Act (reducing the voting age to 21) didn't come into effect until the general election in May, making Lee below voting age when elected!
Bondfield entered parliament following leadership roles in various Trade Union organisations. However the role of Minister for Labour was doomed to fail, particularly when the Wall Street Crash caused unemployment to boom.
Read more about Bondfield here:
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#MPMonday today is Margaret Bondfield, MP for Northampton 1923-24 & Wallsend 1926-31. In June 1929 Bondfield was appointed Minister of Labour in Ramsay MacDonald's government, becoming the first ever female cabinet minister and female privy counsellor.
#MPMonday is William Bankes. Bankes first entered Parliament for Truro in 1810 and was well known in Regency England for his work as an explorer and Egyptologist.
In 1841, Bankes had to flee the country to avoid prosecution for homosexual offences. Read more in this blog 👇 http://ow.ly/9VYH50Dnwrg
In 2018, Chris discussed his life and parliamentary career for our #OralHistory project.
Read and listen to his reflections in this blog👇 http://ow.ly/t6mX50DhvBJ
#MPMonday is Maureen Colquhoun, the first MP elected for the newly formed constituency of Northampton North in Feb 1974. Colquhoun was the first openly lesbian and openly LGBTQ+ MP. Find out about her life and career👇#LGBTplusHM #LGBTHistory http://ow.ly/3sA550MzPmP
Find out more about Gower's life, both in and outside of Westminster, by listening to our podcast, featuring Dr Spychal in conversation with Sammy Sturgess. Click 👇 http://ow.ly/7YHM50HKj73
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#HistParl's Dr Martin Spychal studied Gower's diaries and reflected on how Gower utilised his position of privilege to navigate life as a queer man in late nineteenth-century Britain. You can find Dr Spychal's blog series on Gower👇 @VictorianCommons http://ow.ly/j8Jk50MxM13
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