harriet harman was the longest continuously serving female mp in house of commons of the united kingdom.
harriet harman was the longest continuously serving female mp in house of commons of the united kingdom.
longest continuously serving female mp in house of commons of the united kingdom?
harriet harman
harriet harman is the longest continuously serving female mp in the history of the house of commons. she was mp for peckham from 28 october 1982 until 1 may 1997, and has served as mp for camberwell and peckham since 1 may 1997, most recently having been re-elected on 8 june 2017. on 13 june 2017 harman was dubbed "mother of the house" by prime minister theresa may, in recognition of her status as longest continuously serving woman mp (though she was not the longest serving mp overall, and would therefore not gain any official duties).









































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women in the house of commons of the united kingdom
ward retired from the commons in february 1974, having served a total of almost 38 years. she was the longest-serving female mp (although she would not have been mother of the house because there was always a longer continuously-serving sitting mp as a result of the gap in her tenure) until that record was broken by gwyneth dunwoody in 2007. aged 79 at her retirement, ward was at that time also the oldest-ever serving female member of parliament and the oldest-ever woman to be re-elected, records not broken until ann clwyd achieved both in 2017.









































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irene ward