Legislation resulting from bills introduced by backbench women MPs
Session Member presenting the Bill Title of Act
1923 Viscountess Astor Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Act 1923
1927 Mrs Mabel Philipson Nursing Homes Registration Act 1927
1928-29 Miss Susan Lawrence Bastardy (Witness Process) Act 1929
1929-30 Duchess Of Atholl Illegitimate Children (Scotland) Act 1930
1931-32 Miss Edith Picton-Turbevill Sentence of Death (Expectant Mothers) Act 1931
1936-37 Miss Florence Horsburgh Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail)
1937-38 Miss Ellen Wilkinson Hire Purchase Act 1938
1937-38 Miss Irene Ward Poor Law (Amendment) Act 1938
1938-39 Miss Florence Horsburgh Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939
1950-51 Mrs Barbara Castle Criminal Law Amendment Act 1951
1951-52 Miss Elaine Burton Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1952
1953-54 Lady Davidson Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954
1953-54 Lady Tweedsmuir Protection of Birds Act 1954
1953-54 Miss Irene Ward Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954
1957-58 Miss Irene Pike Drainage Rates Act 1958
1959-60 Mrs Margaret Thatcher Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960
1960-61 Dame Irene Ward Nurses (Amendment) Act 1961
1961-62 Dame Irene Ward Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962
1962-63 Mrs Patricia McLaughlin Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 1963
1963-64 Miss Betty Harvie Anderson Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964
1963-64 Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith Nurses Act 1964
1963-64 Miss Joan Vickers Young Persons (Employment) Act 1964
1964-65 Mrs Lena Jeger British Nationality Act 1965
1966-67 Mrs Joyce Butler Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967
1967-68 Mrs Jill Knight (Later Dame) Design Copyright Act 1968
1968-69 Rt Hon Margaret Herbison Licensing (Scotland) Act 1969
1971-72 Dame Joan Vickers Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972
1975-76 Jo Richardson Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976
1983-84 Mrs Elizabeth Peacock Road Traffic (Driving Instruction) Act 1984
1984-85 Miss Janet Fookes (Later Dame) Sexual Offences Act 1985
1984-85 Mrs Marion Roe Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985
1988-89 Joan Ruddock Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
1988-89 Dame Janet Fookes DBE Dangerous Dogs Act 1989
1991-92 Mrs Rosie Barnes Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992
1994-95 Mrs Diana Maddock Home Energy Conservation Act 1995
1994-95 Lady Olga Maitland Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act 1995
1995-96 Ms Estelle Morris Public Order (Amendment) Act 1996
1995-96 Lady Olga Maitland Offensive Weapons Act 1996
1997-98 Dr Lynda Clarke QC Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1998
1997-98 Angela Smith Waste Minimisation Act 1998
1998-99 Debra Shipley Protection of Children Act 1999
1999-00 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000
2001-02 Rachel Squire Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002
2002-03 Joan Ruddock Household Waste and Recycling Act 2003
2002-03 Ann Clwyd Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003
2007-08 Sharon Hodgson Special Educational Needs (information) Act 2008
2009-10 Julie Morgan Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010
Tessa Munt MP
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