221 women
At the 2010 election, 190 women stood as Labour candidates – 24 more than in 2005, and the most ever.
The first three Labour women MPs took their seats in 1923 – Margaret Bondfield, Dorothy Jewson and Susan Lawrence.
Since then, 221 women have been Labour MPs, including the four women who have contested and won at by-elections since the last General Election.
All of these women are listed below in order of date of first election.
Some sat for more than one term, some sat for more than one seat, and some sat for seats in which there were boundary/name changes during their terms of office; all of these things are indicated below.
The shortest-serving woman was Ruth Dalton, who kept the safe Bishop Auckland seat warm for three months following a by-election in 1929, so that her husband, Hugh, could move to it from a more marginal seat for the General Election that year.
The longest-serving woman was the late Gwyneth Dunwoody, who was the MP for Crewe and Nantwich for a total of 38 years.
221 Labour Women Members of Parliament
| Member of Parliament | Constituency & Dates |
| Margaret Bondfield | Northampton 1923-1924 Wallsend 1926-1931 |
| Dorothy Jewson | Norwich 1923-1924 |
| Susan Lawrence | East Ham 1923-1924, 1926-1931 |
| Ellen Wilkinson | Middlesbrough East 1924-1931 Jarrow 1935-1947 |
| Ruth Dalton | Bishop Auckland 1929 |
| Ethel Bentham | Islington East 1929-1931 |
| Mary Agnes Hamilton | Blackburn 1929-1931 |
| Cynthia Mosley | Stoke-on-Trent 1929-1931 |
| Marion Phillips | Sunderland 1929-1931 |
| Edith Picton-Turberville | The Wrekin 1929-1931 |
| Jennie Lee | Lanarkshire North 1929-1931 Cannock 1945-1970 |
| Lucy Noel-Buxton | Norfolk North 1930-1931 Norwich 1945-1950 |
| Leah Manning | Islington East 1931 Epping 1945-1950 |
| Agnes Hardie | Glasgow Springburn 1937-1945 |
| Jennie Adamson | Dartford 1938-1946 |
| Edith Summerskill | Fulham West 1938-1955 Warrington 1955-1961 |
| Clarice Shaw | Ayrshire & Bute 1945-1946 |
| Grace Colman | Tyneside 1945-1950 |
| Barbara Gould | Hendon North 1945-1950 |
| Muriel Nichol | Bradford North 1945-1950 |
| Florence Paton | Rushcliffe 1945-1950 |
| Mabel Ridealgh | Ilford North 1945-1950 |
| Edith Wills | Birmingham Duddeston 1945-1950 |
| Caroline Ganley | Battersea South 1945-1951 |
| Lucy Middleton | Plymouth Sutton 1945-1951 |
| Jean Mann | Coatbridge 1945-1950 Coatbridge & Airdrie 1950-1959 |
| Alice Bacon | Leeds North East 1945-1955 Leeds South East 1955-1970 |
| Bessie Braddock | Liverpool Exchange 1945-1970 |
| Margaret Herbison | Lanarkshire North 1945-1970 |
| Freda Corbet | Camberwell North West 1945-1950 Peckham 1950-1974 |
| Barbara Castle | Blackburn 1945-1950 Blackburn East 1950-1979 |
| Alice Cullen | Glasgow Gorbals 1948-1969 |
| Dorothy Rees | Barry 1950-1951 |
| Elaine Burton | Coventry South 1950-1959 |
| Eirene White | Flintshire East 1950-1970 |
| Lena Jeger | Holborn & St Pancras 1953-1959, 1964-1979 |
| Harriet Slater | Stoke-on-Trent North 1953-1966 |
| Joyce Butler | Wood Green 1955-1979 |
| Megan Lloyd George | Carmarthen 1957-1966 |
| Mary McAlistair | Glasgow Kelvingrove 1958-1959 |
| Judith Hart | Lanark 1959-1983 Clydesdale 1983-1987 |
| Anne Kerr | Rochester & Chatham 1964-1970 |
| Margaret McKay | 1964-1970 |
| Shirley Summerskill | Halifax 1964-1983 |
| Renee Short | Wolverhampton North East 1964-1987 |
| Shirley Williams | Hitchin 1964-1974 Hertford & Stevenage 1974-1979 |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe & Nantwich 1966-1970, 1974-2008 |
| Joan Lestor | Eton & Slough 1966-1983 Eccles 1987-1997 |
| Doris Fisher | Birmingham Ladywood 1970-1974 |
| Betty Boothroyd | West Bromwich 1973-1974 West Bromwich West 1974-2000 |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South 1974-1979, 1983-present |
| Millie Miller | Ilford North 1974-1977 |
| Maureen Colquhoun | Northampton North 1974-1979 |
| Helene Hayman | Welwyn & Hatfield 1974-1979 |
| Ann Taylor | Bolton West 1974-1983 Dewsbury 1987-2005 |
| Audrey Wise | Coventry South West 1974-1987 Preston 1987-2000 |
| Joan Maynard | Sheffield Brightside 1974-1987 |
| Jo Richardson | Barking 1974-1994 |
| Oonagh Macdonald | Thurrock 1976-1987 |
| Sheila Wright | Birmingham Handsworth 1979-1983 |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell & Peckham, 1982-present |
| Helen McElhone | Glasgow Queen’s Park 1982-1983 |
| Ann Clwyd | CynonValley 1984-present |
| Lin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme 1986-2001 |
| Hilary Armstrong | Durham North West 1987-2010 |
| Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill 1987-2001 |
| Mildred Gordon | Bow & Poplar 1987-1997 |
| Alice Mahon | Halifax 1987-2005 |
| Mo Mowlan | Redcar 1987-2001 |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South, 1987-present |
| Joyce Quin | Gateshead East & Washington West 1987-2005 |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham Deptford, 1987-present |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North, 1987-present |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall, 1989-present |
| Irene Adams | Paisley North 1990-2005 |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen & Rowley Regis, 1990-1992, 1997-2010 |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North & Stoke Newington 1992-present |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale & Darwen 1992-2010 |
| Anne Campbell | Cambridge 1992-2005 |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport, 1992-present |
| Jean Corston | Bristol East 1992-2005 |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey, 1992-present |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead & Highgate, 1992-2010 Hampstead & Kilburn, 2010-present |
| Helen Jackson | Sheffield Hillsborough 1992-2005 |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham Selly Oak, 1992-2010 |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich & West Norwood, 1992-present |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool Wavertree, 1992-2010 |
| Estelle Morris | Birmingham Yardley 1992-2005 |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East, 1992-2010 |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermerline West 1992-2005 |
| Barbara Roche | Hornsey & Wood Green 1992-2005 |
| Judith Church | Dagenham 1994-2001 |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking, 1994-present |
| Helen Liddell | Monklands East, Airdrie & Shotts 1994-2005 |
| Candy Atherton | Falmouth & Camborne 1997-2005 |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands 1997-2010 |
| Elizabeth Blackman | Erewash 1997-2010 |
| Hazel Blears | Salford 1997-2010 Salford & Eccles 2010-present |
| Karen Buck | Regent’s Park & Kensington North 1997-2010 Westminster North 2010-present |
| Christine Butler | Castle Point 1997-2001 |
| Helen Clark | Peterborough 1997-2005 |
| Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands 1997-2005 |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract & Castleford 1997-2010 Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford 2010-present |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley, 1997-2010 |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby, 1997-2010 |
| Valerie Davey | Bristol West 1997-2005 |
| Janet Dean | Burton, 1997-2010 |
| Julia Drown | Swindon South 1997-2005 |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool Garston, 1997-2010 Garston & Halewood 2010-present |
| Louise Ellman | LiverpoolRiverside, 1997-present |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale 1997-2005 |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley, 1997-present |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage, 1997-2010 |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth Sutton, 1997-2010 |
| Eileen Gordon | Romford 1997-2001 |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West, 1997-2010 |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford & Urmston, 1997-2010 |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North & Fleetwood 1997-2010 |
| Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield 1997-2005 |
| Fiona Jones | Newark 1997-2001 |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North, 1997-present |
| Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West 1997-2001 |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North, 1997-2010 |
| Ann Keen | Brentford & Isleworth, 1997-2010 |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West, 1997-2010 |
| Oona King | Bethnal Green & Bow 1997-2005 |
| Tess Kingham | Gloucester 1997-2001 |
| Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire 1997-2005 |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough, 1997-present |
| Judy Mallaber | AmberValley, 1997-2010 |
| Christine McCafferty | CalderValley, 1997-2010 |
| Siobhan McDonagh | Mitcham & Mordern, 1997-present |
| Anne McGuire | Glasgow North, 1997-present |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes, 1997-2010 |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, 1997-2010 |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill, 1997-present |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln, 1997-2010 |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley, 1997-2010 |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South, 1997-2010 |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North, 1997-2010 |
| Kali Mountford | ColneValley, 1997-2010 |
| Diana Organ | Forest of Dean 1997-2005 |
| Sandra Osborne | Carrick, Cumnock & Doune Valley, 1997-2010 Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock, 2010-present |
| Linda Perham | Ilford North 1997-2005 |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester, 1997-2010 |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North, 1997-2010 |
| Debra Shipley | Stourbridge 1997-2005 |
| Angela Smith | Basildon, 1997-2010 |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe & Lunesdale, 1997-2010 |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch, 1997-2010 |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South, 1997-2010 |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West, 1997-2010 |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham Edgbaston, 1997-present |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South, 1997-2010 |
| Claire Ward | Watford, 1997-2010 |
| Betty Williams | Conwy, 1997-2010 |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central, 1997-present |
| Vera Baird | Redcar 2001-2010 |
| Anne Moffatt | East Lothian, 2001-2010 |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield Heeley, 2001-present |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham, 2005-present |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham, 2005-present |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South 2005-2010 |
| Katy Clark | Ayrshire North & Arran 2005-present |
| Rosie Cooper | Lancashire West, 2005-present |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield, 2005-present |
| Natascha Engel | Derbyshire North East 2005-present |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland, 2005-present |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli, 2005-present |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South & Shoreditch, 2005-present |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East & Washington West 2005-2010 Washington & Sunderland West 2010-present |
| Sian James | Swansea East, 2005-present |
| Diana Johnson | Hull North, 2005-present |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley, 2005-2010 Worsley & Eccles South, 2010-present |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East, 2005-present |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North, 2005-2010 |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend, 2005-present |
| Jessica Mordern | Newport East, 2005-present |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax, 2005-present |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth Devonport, 2005-present |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield Hillsborough, 2005-2010 Penistone & Stocksbridge, 2010-present |
| Anne Snelgrove | Swindon South, 2005-2010 |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South & Finsbury, 2005-present |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley, 2005-2010 |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge, 2005-2010 |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East, 2010-present |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green & Bow, 2010-present |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool Wavertree, 2010-present |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington, 2010-present |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow, 2010-present |
| Margaret Curran | Glasgow East, 2010-present |
| Gemma Doyle | Dunbartonshire West, 2010-present |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central, 2010-present |
| Yvonne Forvargue | Makerfield, 2010-present |
| Sheila Gilmour | Edinburgh East, 2010-present |
| Patricia Glass | Durham North West, 2010-present |
| Mary Glindon | Tyneside North, 2010-present |
| Kate Green | Stretford & Urmston, 2010-present |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South, 2010-present |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West, 2010-present |
| Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock & Loudoun, 2010-present |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South, 2010-present |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West, 2010-present |
| Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham Ladywood, 2010-present |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South, 2010-present |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North, 2010-present |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan, 2010-present |
| Pamela Nash | Airdrie & Shotts, 2010-present |
| Fiona O’Donnell | East Lothian, 2010-present |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central, 2010-present |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith & Thamesmead, 2010-present |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton & Sunderland South, 2010-present |
| Gloria de Piero | Ashfield, 2010-present |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East, 2010-present |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West, 2010-present |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East, 2010-present |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South, 2010-present |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth, 2011-present |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston, 2011-present |
| Lucy Powell | Manchester Central, 2012-present |
| Sarah Champion | Rotherham, 2012-present |