Mabel Ridealgh (11 August 1898 – 20 June 1989) was an English
Labour and Co-operative politician. She was
Member of Parliament for the
Ilford North constituency between 1945 and 1950, before becoming General Secretary of the
Women's Co-operative Guild.
Career
Mabel Jewitt was born on 11 August 1898 to Mark Jewitt and Lucy in
Wallsend-on-Tyne,
Northumberland.
She began her career working in the civil service. She joined the
Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) in 1920 and the
Labour Party the following year. During World War II she worked for the
Board of Trade
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.
Ridealgh was elected as a
Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for the newly created seat of
Ilford North constituency in the
1945 general election
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.
She campaigned on issues such as
National Insurance, housing and nursery schools. She lost the seat in
1950
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, when it was gained by the
Conservatives.
She then became General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild from 1953 until 1963.
Personal life
Jewitt married Leonard Ridealgh in 1919 and the couple moved to
Enfield in
north London. She had a daughter and a son, before her husband died in 1956. She died on 20 June 1989 and was then cremated at the City of London crematorium.
References
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1898 births
1989 deaths
Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1945–1950
20th-century British women politicians
Co-operative Women's Guild