Maureen Colquhoun
| Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun | |
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| Member of Parliament for Northampton North | |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 2 May 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Antony Marlow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1928 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun (/ˈkɑːhuːn/ KAH-hoon, born 12 August 1928) is a British economist and a former Labour Party politician.
Colquhoun attended the London School of Economics and later worked as a literary research assistant.
Colquhoun contested Tonbridge at the 1970 general election. She served as a councillor in Shoreham, West Sussex from 1971 to 1974. The only female Shoreham councillor at the time, she was blocked by Conservative opponents from sitting on any of the authority's committees. In January 1970, a decision by Shoreham Urban District Council to block her from appointments as a primary school manager, school governor and library committee membership because she talked too much was overruled.
Colquhoun was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North at the February 1974 general election, and identified with the Tribunite Group, and served as the group's treasurer. Arguing in favour of creche facilities for female delegates at the following year's Labour conference, she said in October 1975: "It is outrageous that we have to ask for this. The Labour Party pays mere lip service to International Women's Day. ... Young women are deterred from coming because there is no provision for their babies. Those who do are not even allowed to bring their toddlers into the gallery."
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