Name Norah Runge Died June 6, 1978 | Role Politician Party Conservative Party | |
Norah Cecil Runge, OBE (1884 – 6 June 1978) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.
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.
Runge currently holds the record of the longest-lived female MP in the United Kingdom.
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