Norah Runge

Norah Runge
OBE
Member of Parliament
for Rotherhithe
In office
27 October 1931 – 13 November 1935
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by Ben Smith
Succeeded by Ben Smith
Personal details
Born Norah Cecil Runge
1884 (1884)
Died 6 June 1978(1978-06-06) (aged 93–94)
Political party Conservative

Norah Cecil Runge, OBE (1884 – 6 June 1978) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Career

Runge was elected Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe in the 1931 Conservative landslide, gaining the seat from Labour incumbent Benjamin Smith. Runge held the seat until 1935, when it was regained by Smith.

She was subsequently created an alderman on London County Council in 1937, remaining a member of the council until 1961.[1][2]

Runge currently holds the record of the longest-lived female MP in the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ↑ "The New L.C.C.". The Times. 9 March 1937. p. 13.
  2. ↑ Hutton, Marceline J (2001). Russian and West European women, 1860-1939: dreams, struggles, and nightmares. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-7425-1044-9.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ben Smith		 Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe
1931 – 1935		 Succeeded by
Ben Smith


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