Jean Mann

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Jean Mann JP (1889 – 21 March 1964), born Jean Stewart, was a Scottish Labour Party politician.

Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountant. Married with five children, she was a councillor on Glasgow Corporation from 1931 to 1938, where she served as Housing convenor. She became Vice President of the Scottish Housing and Town Planning Association, and was a senior magistrate in Glasgow.

She unsuccessfully contested the Renfrewshire West constituency at the 1931 general election and again in 1935. However, in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Mann was elected as Member of Parliament for Coatbridge. When the constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, she was returned for the new Coatbridge and Airdrie constituency, holding the seat until she retired at the 1959 general election.

Mann was a member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee from 1953 to 1958.

Her memoir, "Woman in Parliament", recalled the difficulties facing women MPs and their efforts to improve legislation for women and families.[1]

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Mann, Jean (1962). Woman in Parliament. London: Oldhams Press.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Barr	Member of Parliament for Coatbridge 1945–1950	Succeeded by (constituency abolsihed)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Coatbridge and Airdrie 1950–1959	Succeeded by James Dempsey

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