Karen Patricia Buck is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster North,previously Regent's Park and Kensington North,since 1997. A member of the Labour Party,she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport from 2005 to 2006 and served as Shadow Minister for Social Security from 2020 to 2023.
Catharine Letitia Hoey,Baroness Hoey,better known as Kate Hoey,is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001. During the 1970s Hoey was involved in radical far-left groups but by the end of the decade became involved with the Labour Party. Hoey remained a member of the Labour Party for several decades while she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019,but resigned from the party in 2020.
Dame Diana Ruth Johnson is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election. A member of the Labour Party,she was elected as Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 15 December 2021,replacing Yvette Cooper.
Tini "Whetu" Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan was a New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1967 to 1996,representing the Labour Party and was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister. At the time of her retirement,she was the second longest-serving MP in Parliament,being in her tenth term of office. She was one of twenty holders of the Order of New Zealand,the highest honour of the country.
Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British parliament from which the term originated. The title is named after the Father of the House,which is given to the longest serving member of the British and other parliaments.
Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process.
Caroline Julia Dinenage,Baroness Lancaster of Kimbolton,,also styled as Dame Caroline Dinenage,is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport since 2010. She was re-elected in 2015,2017,and 2019.
Nancy Tembo is a Malawian politician and serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Malawi Government since 2022. She is also a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Lilongwe City South West constituency in the National Assembly of the Republic of Malawi.
Catherine Gotani Hara is a Malawian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly since June 2019,the first woman to hold the position.
Angela Rayner is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since 2023. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left.
Mhairi Black is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons since December 2022.
Ofunne Kate Osamor is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she was Shadow Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2018. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus.
Dehenna Sheridan Davison is a British Conservative Party politician and former broadcaster. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland since the 2019 general election. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between September 2022 and September 2023.
Siobhan Kathleen Baillie is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud since the 2019 general election. Prior to her parliamentary career,she was a family law solicitor,a councillor,and worked for a charity.
Mimmy Martha Gondwe is a South African politician serving as the Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises since 2023. A member of the Democratic Alliance,Gondwe was Shadow Deputy Minister of State Security from 2019 to 2020 and the Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration between 2020 and 2023. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly since May 2019.
Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda is a Malawian politician. In 2020 she became Minister of Health in Malawi.
Martha Thokozani Chikuni was a Malawian journalist,television personality and diplomat. She was one of the first women news anchors at Television Malawi. She served as the head of media marketing at the State Residence during the administration of Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera and as special assistant to President Joyce Banda. She was a former diplomat to the Malawian mission to the United States in Washington D.C.,responsible for trade and tourism marketing.
Overstone Kondowe is a Malawi Congress Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkhotakota North East since 2021. He is the country's first MP with albinism. He was a Presidential Advisor on Persons with Disabilities.
Agnes Nyalonje is a Malawian politician who has served as the country's Education Minister since July 2020.
Esther Jolobala is a Malawian politician who has served in the Parliament of Malawi since 2014,representing the Machinga East constituency as a member of the United Democratic Front.
