Lucy Middleton

Lucy Annie Middleton (née Cox; 9 May 1894 – 20 November 1983) was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.

Lucy Middleton
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Sutton
In office
5 July 1945 – 24 October 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byThe Viscountess Astor
Succeeded byJakie Astor
Personal details
Born
Lucy Annie Cox

(1894-05-09)9 May 1894
Died20 November 1983(1983-11-20) (aged 89)
Political partyLabour

Personal life

In 1936, she married James Middleton, General Secretary of the Labour Party.[1]

Career

In the 1945 landslide general election, Middleton was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, gaining the seat from the Conservatives, after the retirement of her predecessor Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor.

Middleton held Plymouth Sutton until 1951, when it was gained by another member of the Astor family, Jakie Astor.

Lucy Middleton was an active member of Wimbledon Labour Party when the idea of publishing a book on the contribution of women to the labour movement was put forward as a way to celebrate International Women's Year. The Labour Party agreed to publish the book, and Lucy Middleton edited the essays of the 9 younger women she had invited to contribute. When finished the Labour Party General Secretary decided there was no money to publish the book, but Croom Helm agreed to publish it as "Women in the Labour Movement, the British experience" in 1977.

References
  1. "Middleton, Lucy Annie", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Viscountess Astor		 Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton
1945–1951		 Succeeded by
Jakie Astor


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