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1st December 2023

1st December 1919: Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons

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After a short campaign in which she won the election with 51.9% of the vote she entered the House of Commons on December 1, 1919, as a Unionist or Tory Member of Parliament.

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