Millie Miller
Millie Miller (8 April 1922 – 29 October 1977) was a British Labour Party politician.
Millie Miller | |
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![]() Millie Miller in 1974 | |
Member of Parliament for Ilford North | |
In office 10 October 1974 – 29 October 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Tom Iremonger |
Succeeded by | Vivian Bendall |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 April 1922 |
Died | 29 October 1977 55) | (aged
Political party | Labour |
Miller was a councillor in the London Borough of Camden and was the first woman to lead a London Borough council when she became leader in 1971, remaining in the post until 1973. Earlier, she had been the Mayor of Camden and of Stoke Newington where she had been a councillor.
After coming second to the Conservative incumbent Thomas Iremonger in her first bid to become Member of Parliament for Ilford North in the February 1974 general election, Miller won the seat the following October. In 1977, she died in office at the age of 55. Her successor in the subsequent by-election was the Conservative Vivian Bendall.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
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