Gwyneth Dunwoody
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The Honourable Gwyneth Dunwoody |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 26 October 1984 – 4 November 1985 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | John Prescott |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hughes |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 8 December 1980 – 31 October 1983 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | Stanley Orme |
| Succeeded by | Michael Meacher |
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Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 17 April 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Edward Timpson |
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Member of Parliament for Crewe |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Scholefield Allen |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Exeter |
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In office 31 March 1966 – 18 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Hannam |
| Personal details | |
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Gwyneth Patricia Phillips 12 December 1930 Fulham, London, England |
| Died | 17 April 2008 (aged 77) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | John Dunwoody (1954–75) |
| Relations | Morgan Phillips (father); Norah Phillips (mother) |
| Children | Tamsin Dunwoody and two sons |
Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British moderateLabour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from 1974 to her death in 2008. She remained the longest-serving female Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by both length of total and length of continuous service until 16 December 2016, when her record for continuous service was surpassed by Harriet Harman. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent parliamentarian, described as "intelligent, obstinate, opinionated and hard-working".
Dunwoody was born in Fulham, London, where her father was Labour parliamentary agent. She belonged to an experienced political dynasty: her father, Welsh-born Morgan Phillips, was a former coalminer who served as General Secretary of the Labour Party between 1944 and 1962; her mother, Norah Phillips was a former member of London County Council who became a life peer in 1964, serving as a government whip in the House of Lords, and as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London from 1978 to 1986. Both of her grandmothers were suffragettes, and all four grandparents were Labour party loyalists.
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