"'We needed a massive amount of resilience': the female Labour MPs from the class of '87", The Guardian (4 March 2023)
• At the 1987 general election, 41 women (6.3% of the 650 total) were returned as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons.
• At the 1987 general election, 41 women (6.3% of the 650 total) were returned as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons.
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We used to go in the chamber and sit next to each other when one of us spoke to support the speaking member, because the catcalls across the chamber were designed, as they always are, to undermine you and put you off.
— Dawn Primarolo
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We used to go in the chamber and sit next to each other when one of us spoke to support the speaking member, because the catcalls across the chamber were designed, as they always are, to undermine you and put you off." in the context of ""'We needed a massive amount of resilience': the female Labour MPs from the class of '87", The Guardian (4 March 2023)
• At the 1987 general election, 41 women (6.3% of the 650 total) were returned as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dawn Primarolo
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC (born 2 May 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2015. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political service. She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.
About Dawn Primarolo
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC (born 2 May 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2015. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political service. She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.
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