Peggy Fenner

Dame Peggy Edith Fenner, DBE (born 12 November 1922) is a British Conservative Party politician.

Fenner was elected MP for Rochester and Chatham at the 1970 general election. She lost the seat at the October 1974 election to the Labour candidate Robert Bean, but regained it by defeating Bean at the 1979 election.

At the 1983 election the Rochester and Chatham seat was abolished and Dame Peggy was elected MP for the new constituency of Medway. She continued to hold the seat for the next fourteen years, being re-elected at the 1987 and 1992 general elections, until she lost it at the 1997 election to Bob Marshall-Andrews (Labour).

Upon the death of Baroness Jeger on 26 February 2007, Fenner became the oldest living woman to have served as an MP in the United Kingdom.

Personal life

Dame Peggy had one child, a daughter who predeceased her.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Anne Kerr
Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham
1970October 1974
Succeeded by
Robert Bean
Preceded by
Robert Bean
Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham
19791983
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Medway
19831997
Succeeded by
Bob Marshall-Andrews