Elaine Kellett-Bowman
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Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman DBE |
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Member of Parliament for Lancaster |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 11 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Stanley Henig |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished, see Lancaster and Wyre |
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Member of the European Parliament for Cumbria |
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In office 7 June 1979 – 14 June 1984 |
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| Succeeded by | Sheila Faith for Cumbria and Lancashire North |
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| Born | 8 July 1923 |
| Died | 4 March 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Norman Kellett (1945–1959; his death) Edward Bowman (1971–2014) |
| Children | 4 (to Charles Norman Kellett) |
Dame Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman, DBE (8 July 1923 – 4 March 2014) was a British Conservative politician, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Lancaster for 27 years from 1970.
Born Mary Elaine Kay to Walter and Edith (née Leather) Kay, she was educated at The Mount School, York, St Anne's College, Oxford, and Barnett House, Oxford, and became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1964. She served as a councillor on Denbigh Borough Council, 1952–55, and the London Borough of Camden, 1968-74. She was also a governor of Culford School, 1963–2003.
As Mary Kellett, she contested Nelson and Colne in 1955, South West Norfolk twice in 1959 (including a by-election), and Buckingham in 1964 and 1966. She was MP for Lancaster from 1970 until her retirement in 1997. She also served as a Member of the European Parliament in the British delegation from 1975, and was then elected for Cumbria in 1979. She remained an MEP until 1984, when she stepped down in order to concentrate on her seat in the British Parliament.
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