The Baroness Ward of North Tyneside | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 23 January 1975 – 26 April 1980 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Tynemouth | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 8 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Grace Colman |
Succeeded by | Neville Trotter |
Member of Parliament for Wallsend | |
In office 27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Margaret Bondfield |
Succeeded by | John McKay |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 February 1895 |
Died | 26 April 1980 | (aged 85)
Political party | Conservative |
Irene Mary Bewick Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside, CH, DBE (23 February 1895 – 26 April 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician. She was a long-serving female Member of Parliament (MP), the longest serving female Conservative MP in history. She later became a life peeress in the House of Lords, and had served a total of 43 years in Parliament.