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Dr Shirley Summerskill is a former MP for Halifax.

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Former MP for Halifax

Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 13 May 1983 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Maurice Macmillan
• Dryden Brook
• Gilbert Gledhill
• Arthur Longbottom
• John Whitley
• James Parker
• John Whitley
• James Parker
• John Whitley
• Savile Crossley
• John Whitley
• Alfred Billson
• William Shaw
• Alfred Arnold
• William Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• John Hutchinson
• James Stansfeld
• John Hutchinson
• James Stansfeld
• John Crossley
• Edward Akroyd
• James Stansfeld
• Edward Akroyd
• James Stansfeld
• Charles Wood
• Francis Crossley
• Charles Wood
• Francis Crossley
• Charles Wood
• Edward Protheroe
• Henry Edwards
• Edward Protheroe
• Charles Wood
• Edward Protheroe
• Charles Wood
• James Stuart-Wortley
• Charles Wood
• Rawdon Briggs

Future MPs in this constituency

• Roy Galley
• Alice Mahon
• Linda Riordan
• Holly Lynch
• Kate Dearden

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: "Protect and Survive" 5 May 1983

  Will the hon. and learned Gentleman bear in mind that, in the past few years, Government instructions about what we should do in the event of nuclear attack have varied? We were told that we must all stay in our homes; then that we must evacuate. We are now told, I believe, that some of us must stay at home and others must evacuate. Will he assure us that this new edition of "Protect and...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Prison Population 5 May 1983

  Does the Home Secretary agree that the key to the alternative to prison is the probation service? Yet, in his article on prison overcrowding in The Times today, the right hon. Gentleman did not mention the probation service. Is that not an extremely regrettable omission? Will he bear in mind that the expected increase of only 155 probation officers next year will be hopelessly inadequate if...

• Police and Criminal Evidence Bill 4 May 1983

  Is the hon. and learned Gentleman saying that the machine would have to be specially designed and constructed and that it would take two years to do that? What exactly will take two years? Is such a machine available in any other country? Has he inquired into that?

More of Dr Shirley Summerskill’s recent appearances