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'''Maureen Colquhoun''' (Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun born 2 August 1928) is an economist and [[Labour]] politician. | '''Maureen Colquhoun''' (Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun, born 2 August 1928) is an economist and [[Labour]] politician. | ||
In 1974 she was elected as Labour MP for [[Northampton | In 1974 she was elected as Labour MP for [[Northampton]] North. She appeared to be a happily married woman with three grown up children, but she soon left her husband to set up home with a female partner, magazine publisher [[Barbara Todd]], thereby becoming Britain's first openly lesbian MP. This came as a shock to the Labour Party. As | ||
her local party chairman Norman Ashby | her local party chairman Norman Ashby said: | ||
:"She was elected as a working wife and mother... this business has blackened her image irredeemably."<ref>http://www.totalpolitics.com/history/1783/where-are-they-now-maureen-colquhoun.thtml</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Labour politicians]] | [[Category:Labour politicians]] | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 19 July 2013
Maureen Colquhoun (Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun, born 2 August 1928) is an economist and Labour politician.
In 1974 she was elected as Labour MP for Northampton North. She appeared to be a happily married woman with three grown up children, but she soon left her husband to set up home with a female partner, magazine publisher Barbara Todd, thereby becoming Britain's first openly lesbian MP. This came as a shock to the Labour Party. As her local party chairman Norman Ashby said:
- "She was elected as a working wife and mother... this business has blackened her image irredeemably."[1]
References
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