Shirley Summerskill

Shirley Summerskill
Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office
8 March 1974 – 7 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byDavid Lane
Succeeded byLord Belstead
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
In office
15 October 1964 – 8 June 1983
Preceded byMaurice Macmillan
Succeeded byRoy Galley
Personal details
BornShirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill
(1931-09-09) 9 September 1931
PartyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1957; div. 1971)
Parent(s)Jeffrey Samuel
Edith Summerskill
RelativesBen Summerskill (nephew)
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
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Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill (born 9 September 1931) is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister, who served as the Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1964 to 1983.