Harriet Ruth Harman,Baroness Harman,,is a British politician and solicitor. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 40 years,from 1982 to 2024,making her the second longest-serving female MP in British history after Baroness Beckett. Harman was MP for Camberwell and Peckham from 1997 to 2024 and MP for Peckham from 1982 to 1997. A member of the Labour Party,she was Deputy Labour Leader and Chair of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015,and also briefly served as Leader of the Opposition in 2010 and 2015,after the resignations of Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband,respectively. She served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions. She has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024. The same year,Harman succeeded Labour Party MP Jess Phillips as co-host of the Sky News podcast Electoral Dysfunction,alongside political editor Beth Rigby and former Scottish Conservatives Leader Baroness Davidson.
Kevan David Jones,Baron Beamish,,is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 2001 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024.
Philip Hammond,Baron Hammond of Runnymede is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 and Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016,having previously served as Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014 and Transport Secretary from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 to 2019.
Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ben Spencer,a Conservative.
Camberwell and Peckham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Harriet Harman of the Labour Party. Harman had served for the previous constituency of Peckham since 1982. She is a former cabinet minister and the "Mother of the House of Commons",having the longest record of continuous service of any female MP.
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant paediatrician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sleaford and North Hykeham since 2016. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health from September to October 2022. She has been Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care since July 2024.
The representation of women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has been an issue in the politics of the United Kingdom at numerous points in the 20th and 21st centuries. Originally debate centred on whether women should be allowed to vote and stand for election as Members of Parliament. The Parliament Act 1918 gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament. The United Kingdom has had three female Prime Ministers:Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990),Theresa May (2016–2019),and Liz Truss (2022). The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament. In more modern times concerns about the under-representation of women led the Labour Party to introduce and,decades later,abandon all-women short lists,something which was later held to breach discrimination laws.
Jessica Katherine Lee,Lady Harrington of Watford is a British former Conservative Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Erewash in Derbyshire in 2010. She served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General,Dominic Grieve,before stepping down for the 2015 general election.
Daniel Leonard James Poulter is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist,and served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health between September 2012 and May 2015. Initially elected as a Conservative,he defected to Labour in April 2024.
Melvyn John Stride is a British politician who has served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Devon since 2010. He previously served in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 2017 to 2019 and as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from May to July 2019. From 2019 to 2022 he sat as a backbencher,serving as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. From October 2022 to July 2024,during the government of Rishi Sunak,Stride served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. After the Conservative Party's loss in the 2024 General Election,Stride became the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in Sunak's shadow cabinet. He later launched his bid to become Leader of the Conservative Party but was eliminated on the second MP's ballot.
Justin Paul Tomlinson is a British politician and former marketing executive who served as Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Swindon from 2010 to 2024.
Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth since 2011. Abrahams was a member of the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2018. She remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher.
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport since July 2024. Minister of State for Social Care from October 2022 to July 2024,as too previously from 2020 to 2021. She also served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
Edward John Comport Argar is a British politician who was Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from July to November 2024. He most recently served as Minister of State for Prisons,Parole and Probation from November 2023 to July 2024 and as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in October 2022.
Miriam Jane Alice Davies,known as Mims Davies,is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead and Uckfield since 2024. She previously served as MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019 and MP for Mid Sussex from 2019 to 2024. Davies has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since November 2024,and Shadow Minister for Women since July 2024. She previously served in various ministerial positions between 2018 and 2024.
Louise Margaret Haigh is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Heeley since 2015. She previously held various shadow ministerial and shadow cabinet portfolios between 2015 and 2024.
Andrew Campbell Bowie is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 2017. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Networks from 2023 to 2024. He has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since November 2024. He served as Shadow Veterans Minister and Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero from July to November 2024.
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda is a British Labour Party politician,former journalist,and civil servant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading Central,previously Reading East,since 2017.
Greg David Smith is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mid Buckinghamshire constituency in the 2024 General Election having previously served as MP for Buckingham since 2019.
Laura Trott is a British politician currently serving as Shadow Education Secretary since November 2024. She previously served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July to November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks since 2019
