Margaret Thatcher Parliament
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Margaret thatcher parliament. She was the longest serving british prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. The real margaret thatcher. Thatcher studied at oxford university and became a lawyer at the young age of 24.
It was unveiled by the speaker of the house of commons michael martin on 21 february 2007. Known for her firm convictions prime minister margaret thatcher knew how to make her point. Having married dennis thatcher and had twins she was elected to britains parliament in 1959.
Member of parliament in 1959 margaret thatcher was elected to a rather safe seat in parliament becoming the conservative mp for finchley a suburb north of london. Born margaret hilda roberts in 1925 in the northeast of england thatchers father was a shopkeeper as well as a methodist preacher who also served as local mayor. Margaret thatcher in full margaret hilda thatcher baroness thatcher of kesteven nee margaret hilda roberts born october 13 1925 grantham lincolnshire englanddied april 8 2013 london british conservative party politician and prime minister 197990 europes first woman prime minister.
She married denis thatcher had twins mark and carol and was elected to parliament in 1959 at. One of her earliest acts was voting to bring back the caning of schoolkids. With finchleys large jewish population margaret thatcher developed a long term association with conservative jews and support for israel.
The only british prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and at the time of her resignation britains longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. It was ordered in 2003 following a change in rules to allow the depiction of living prime ministers in parliament under certain conditions.