Constance Monks
Constance Mary Monks (20 May 1911 – 4 February 1989),[1] born Constance Mary Green was a British Conservative Party politician and teacher. She was also a partner with her husband in a newspaper business.
Education
She was educated in Leeds, Yorkshire at the Leeds City Teacher Training College).[1]
Political career
She was a councillor on Chorley Borough Council from 1947–67 during which time she was Mayor from 1959–60. She was also a councillor on Lancashire County Council from 1961–64).[1]
Monks was elected on her second attempt as Member of Parliament for Chorley constituency in 1970, but lost in February 1974 to the Labour candidate George Rodgers. Monks was the first, and so far the only, female MP for Chorley. She was a Justice of the Peace (JP and was awarded the OBE in 1962.[1]
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons February 1974
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Constance Monks
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Clifford Kenyon |
Member of Parliament for Chorley 1970 – February 1974 |
Succeeded by George Rodgers |