Mabel Ridealgh
Mabel Ridealgh | |
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Member of Parliament for Ilford North | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 22 February 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Hutchinson |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 August 1898 |
Died | 20 June 1989 | (aged 90)
Political party | Labour |
Mabel Ridealgh née Jewitt (11 August 1898 – 20 June 1989) was an English Labour and Co-operative politician. She was Member of Parliament for the Ilford North constituency between 1945 and 1950, before becoming General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild.
Career[]
Mabel Jewitt was born on 11 August 1898 to Mark Jewitt and Lucy née Burton in Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[1] She began her career working in the civil service. She joined the Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) in 1920 and the Labour Party the following year. During World War II she worked for the Board of Trade.[1]
Ridealgh was elected as a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for the newly created seat of Ilford North constituency in the 1945 general election.[2][1] She campaigned on issues such as National Insurance, housing and nursery schools. She lost the seat in 1950, when it was gained by the Conservatives.[1] She then became General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild from 1953 until 1963.[1]
Personal life[]
Jewitt married Leonard Ridealgh in 1919 and the couple moved to Enfield in north London. She had a daughter and a son, before her husband died in 1956. She died on 20 June 1989 and was then cremated at the City of London crematorium.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Ridealgh [née Jewitt], Mabel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mabel Ridealgh
- 1898 births
- 1989 deaths
- Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1945–1950
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people