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The Excitement and The Turmoil

Leaders of the House of Women

1936-1944: Adela Pankhurst (Womens')
1940 (Majority) def. Megan Lloyd George (Liberal-Labour Pact), Annie Maxton (Independent Women's Labour - Equal Representation)
1942 (Majority) def. Megan Lloyd George (Liberal), Margaret Bondfield (Labour), Annie Maxton (Independent Women's Labour - Equal Representation)

1944-1947: Florence Horsbrugh (Womens')
1946 (Majority) def. Margaret Bondfield (Labour), Megan Lloyd George (Liberal), Barbara Gould (Equal Representation)
1947-1954: Unity Mitford (Womens')
1950 (Majority) def. Honor Balfour (Liberal), Margaret Bondfield (Labour), Barbara Gould (Equal Representation)
1954 (Minority) def. Edith Summerskill (Labour), Honor Balfour (Liberal), Florence Horsbrugh (Democratic Womens')

1959-1963: Florence Horsbrugh (Democratic Womens')
1959 (Reform Coalition with Labour and Liberals) def. Unity Mitford (Womens'), Edith Summerskill (Labour), Florence Paton (Liberal)

House of Women formally abolished upon the dissolution of Parliament in 1963.

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