Joan Valerie Hall CBE |
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Member of Parliament for Keighley |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 27 February 1974 |
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Preceded by | John Binns |
Succeeded by | Bob Cryer |
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Born | 31 August 1935 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Joan Valerie Hall, CBE (born 31 August 1935) has been a British Conservative Party politician and secretary.
Joan Hall was educated at Queen Margaret's School, York.
At the 1970 general election she was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the marginal seat of Keighley with a majority of 616 votes, becoming its first female MP. However, at the February 1974 election she lost by 878 votes to the Labour candidate Bob Cryer.