About Shirley Summerskill
Born 1931. Shirley Summerskill is a British politician and physician.
Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill (born 9 September 1931) is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister, who served as the Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1964 to 1983.
Early life Summerskill was born in London, the daughter of Dr E. Jeffrey Samuel and Edith Summerskill, the latter of whom became a Labour MP and a minister in Clement Attlee's government. Summerskill was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax in the 1964 general election.
Personal life Sumerskill married lawyer and future Labour MP John Ryman in 1957; they divorced in 1971.
Her nephew, Ben Summerskill, was chief executive of the UK gay equality charity Stonewall from 2003 to 2014.
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British politician (born 1931)
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Shirley Summerskill was born on 9 September 1931.
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