A Preet Kaur Gill Angela Rayner Marion Phillips Maureen Colquhoun Shabana Mahmood Dawn Butler Barbara castle Margaret beckett Betty boothryod Jennie lee Harriet harman Jo Cox Marsha De Cordova Apsana Begum Diane Abbott Mo mowlam ellen wilkinson PHENOMENAL WOMEN Maureen Colquhoun MP was the first openly lesbian MP •Dawn Butler MP was the first elected Black female minister •Shabana Mahmood MP was one of the first female Muslim MPs • Apsana Begum MP was the first hijab-wearing Muslim MP •Preet Gill MP was the first female Sikh MP •Marion Phillips MP was the first female Jewish MP •Marsha De Cordova mp is Labour Shadow Women & Equalities minister • Barbara Castle MP only woman to have held the office of First Secretary of State • Ellen Wilkinson MP leading figure in the Jarrow Crusade of 1936 • Jo Cox MP a passionate campaigner for the rights of women and children • Mo Mowlam MP oversaw the negotiations which led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement • Harriet Harman MP the first ever Minister for Women • Margaret Beckett MP she was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 1992, becoming the first woman to hold that role. • Betty Boothroyd MP the only woman to have served as Speaker, and one of the only two living former Speakers of the House of Commons. • Jennie Lee mp becoming the youngest woman member of the House of Commons. At the time of the by-election, women under the age of 30 were not yet able to vote. • Diane Abbott MP Abbott is the first black woman elected to Parliament, and the longest-serving black MP in the House of Commons. • Angela Rayner MP is the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. 15034_21 Printed and promoted by David Evans, General Secretary, the Labour Party, on behalf of the Labour Party, both at Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QT. Origional photo portraits of Members of Parliament by Richard Townshend, Chris McAndrew, David Woolfall, which have then been stylisically edited..