Mabel Ridealgh

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.

Mabel Ridealgh
Member of Parliament for Ilford North
In office 5 July 1945 – 22 February 1950
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Hutchinson
Personal details
Born	11 August 1898
Died	20 June 1989 (aged 90)
Political party	Labour

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. "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"

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mabel Ridealgh