Shirley Summerskill

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.[1] Summerskill was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford, and trained as a doctor at St. Thomas's Hospital.[1] In 1980, she was interviewed by the BBC's Panorama current affairs programme about Britain's preparations for a nuclear attack.[1] Sumerskill married lawyer and future Labour MP John Ryman in 1957; they divorced in 1971.[4] Her nephew, Ben Summerskill, was chief executive of the UK gay equality charity Stonewall from 2003 to 2014.
Under-Secretary of State for Home AffairsHarold WilsonJames CallaghanDavid LaneLord BelsteadHalifaxMaurice MacmillanRoy GalleyLabourJohn RymanEdith SummerskillBen SummerskillAlma materSomerville College, OxfordLabour PartyClement Attlee's governmentSt Paul's Girls' SchoolSt. Thomas's HospitalSocialist Medical AssociationMedical Practitioners' Union1962 Blackpool North by-election1964 general electionHome OfficeHome SecretariesRoy JenkinsMerlyn ReesPanoramanuclear attackConservative1979 general election1983 general electionWho's WhoBlood Transfusion ServiceStonewallHansardNational Portrait Gallery, LondonParliament of the United KingdomMember of Parliament