Irene Ward
The Baroness Ward of North Tyneside | |
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Ward in 1931 | |
| 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 the Member of Parliament (MP) successively for Wallsend and for Tynemouth for over three decades, being the longest serving female Conservative MP in history. She later became a life peeress in the House of Lords, spending a total of 43 years in Parliament. She was an outspoken advocate of the rights of women and the elderly. She also advocated, with success, for the publication of an official history of the clandestine Special Operations Executive in the Second World War.