Mabel Ridealgh

Mabel Ridealgh
Member of Parliament
for Ilford North
In office
5 July 1945 – 22 February 1950
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byGeoffrey Hutchinson
Personal details
Born(1898-08-11)11 August 1898
Died20 June 1989(1989-06-20) (aged 90)
Political partyLabour

Mabel Ridealgh née Jewitt (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 née Burton in Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[1] 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.[1]

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.[2][1] She campaigned on issues such as National Insurance, housing and nursery schools. She lost the seat in 1950, when it was gained by the Conservatives.[1] She then became General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild from 1953 until 1963.[1]

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ridealgh [née Jewitt], Mabel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Ilford North
1945 – 1950 		Succeeded by
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild
1953–1963 		Succeeded by
Kathleen Kempton