Lists of female political office-holders in the United Kingdom

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This list shows women who have been elected as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union and other British devolved assemblies, as well as those elected to Mayoral positions.

Parliament of the United Kingdom

List of female Prime Ministers

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female cabinet members of the United Kingdom.

List of female cabinet members of the United Kingdom

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female cabinet members of the United Kingdom.

House of Commons

List of female Speakers of the House of Commons

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
	Labour		Betty Boothroyd	West Bromwich West	Speaker of the House of Commons	1992

List of female Chairs of Ways and Means

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
	Conservative		Dame Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Chairman of Ways and Means	2020
	Conservative		Nus Ghani	Sussex Weald	Chairman of Ways and Means	2024

List of female First Deputy Chairs of Ways and Means

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
Conservative	Betty Harvie Anderson	East Renfrewshire	First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	1970
Labour	Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2000
Conservative	Dame Eleanor Laing	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2013
Labour	Dame Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2020
Labour	Judith Cummins	Bradford South	First Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2024

List of female Second Deputy Chairs of Ways and Means

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
Labour	Betty Boothroyd	West Bromwich West	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	1987
Conservative	Dame Janet Fookes	Plymouth Drake	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	1992
Labour	Dame Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2010
Labour	Natascha Engel	North East Derbyshire	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2015
Labour	Dame Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2017
Conservative	Caroline Nokes	Romsey and Southampton North	Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means	2024

List of female members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

House of Lords

List of female Lords Speakers

Party		Portrait	Name	Type of peerage	Office held	Year appointed
	Crossbench		Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza	Life peer	Lord Speaker	2011

List of female members of the House of Lords

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the House of Lords.

European Union

European Parliament

List of female members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female MEPs for the United Kingdom.

Police and Crime Commissioners

List of female Police and Crime Commissioners

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female Police and Crime Commissioners.

Greater London Authority

London Assembly

List of female chairs of the London Assembly

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
London Liberal Democrats	Sally Hamwee	London-wide	Chair of the London Assembly	2001
London Labour	Jennette Arnold	North East	Chair of the London Assembly	2008
London Liberal Democrats	Dee Doocey	London-wide	Chair of the London Assembly	2010

List of female members of the London Assembly

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the London Assembly.

Deputy Mayors of London

List of female Deputy Mayors of London

	Name	Role	Year appointed
Labour	Nicky Gavron	Statutory Deputy Mayor	2000
Green	Jenny Jones	Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice	2003
Conservative	Victoria Borwick	Statutory Deputy Mayor	2012
Independent	Munira Mirza	Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture	2012
Conservative	Isabel Dedring	Deputy Mayor for Transport	2008
Labour	Sophie Linden	Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime	2016
Independent	Shirley Rodrigues	Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy	2016
Labour	Val Shawcross	Deputy Mayor of London for Transport	2016
Labour	Heidi Alexander	Deputy Mayor of London for Transport	2018
Labour	Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross	Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience	2018
Labour	Debbie Weekes-Bernard	Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice	2018

Scottish Parliament

List of female Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
	Scottish Green		Alison Johnstone	Lothian	Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2021

List of female Deputy Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
Labour	Patricia Ferguson	Glasgow Maryhill	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	1999
Labour	Trish Godman	West Renfrewshire	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2003
Labour	Elaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2011
SNP	Linda Fabiani	East Kilbride	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2016
SNP	Christine Grahame	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2016
SNP	Annabelle Ewing	Cowdenbeath	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament	2021

List of female members of the Scottish Parliament

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the Scottish Parliament.

Senedd

List of female Llywyddion (Presiding Officers)

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
	Labour		Dame Rosemary Butler	Newport West	Llywydd of the Senedd	2011
	Plaid Cymru		Elin Jones	Ceredigion	Llywydd of the Senedd	2016

List of female Deputy Presiding Officers (Dirprwy Lywyddion)

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
Labour	Jane Davidson	Pontypridd	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd	1999
Labour	Rosemary Butler	Newport West	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd	2007
Labour	Ann Jones	Vale of Clwyd	Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd	2016

List of female members of the Senedd

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the Senedd.

Parliament of Northern Ireland

Main article: List of female members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

Main article: List of members of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly § Representation of women

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

Main article: List of members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention § Representation of women

Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)

Main article: List of members of the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly § Representation of women

Northern Ireland Forum

Main article: List of members of the Northern Ireland Forum § Representation of women

Northern Ireland Assembly

List of female Speakers of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
	Alliance		Eileen Bell	North Down	Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly	1998

List of female Deputy Speakers of the Northern Ireland Assembly

	Name	Constituency	Office held	Year appointed
NI Women's Coalition	Jane Morrice	North Down	Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly	1998
Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	South Down	Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly	2016
Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín	Belfast North	Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly	2021

List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

For a more comprehensive list, see List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Combined authorities and combined county authorities

Directly elected combined authority mayors

	Name	Constituency	Year elected
Labour Co-op	Tracy Brabin	Mayor of West Yorkshire	2021
Labour	Claire Ward	Mayor of the East Midlands	2024
Labour Co-op	Kim McGuinness	Mayor of the North East	2024

Local authorities

Directly elected mayors

	Name	Constituency	Year elected
Labour	Ros Jones	Mayor of Doncaster	2013
Labour	Rokhsana Fiaz	Mayor of Newham	2018
Labour	Joanne Anderson	Mayor of Liverpool	2021
Labour	Caroline Woodley	Mayor of Hackney	2023
Labour	Brenda Dacres	Mayor of Lewisham	2024

Notes

References

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