At one point both an MP and an MEP at the same time, this former Conservative member for Lancaster (1970 – 1997) was known for her “trill” voice and once described as sounding like a “squawking parrot”. A strict Methodist, Kellett-Bowman was a campaigner for the return of the death penalty and against moral laxity and Sunday trading. She was voted the “number one country housewife of 1960” by the Women’s Institute and of the sex educator Dr Martin Cole, commented: “I would shoot that man”. She was no feminist but her determination certainly set the way for other women to enter politics.

The Roll Call - PRESENTERS AND POLITICOS

1

Sharon Hodgson MP

2

Betsy DeVos (née Elisabeth Prince)

3

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Ashdown GCMG, CH, KBE, PC (better known as Paddy Ashdown)

4

Baroness Pidding CBE (AKA, “The Bet Lynch Baroness”, born Emma Pidding)

5

Diane Sawyer (born Lila Diane Sawyer)

6

Ashley Mote

7

Victoria Borwick MP (AKA “VB” and “Lady Borwick”, née Victoria Poore)

8

Christine Walkden

9

Mhairi Black MP

10

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Boothby KBE (born Robert Boothby, also known as Bob Boothby, 1900 – 1986)

11

Jack Duffin

12

Daniel Topolski (1945 – 2015)

13

Julia Hartley-Brewer

14

Dr Hyacinth Morgan (1885 – 1956)

15

Joanne Coburn (AKA “Jo” Coburn)

16

Kate Williams

17

Jon Favreau (AKA “Favs” Favreau)

18

Matt Forde

19

Anna Soubry MP

20

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman DBE (1923 – 2014)

21

The Rt. Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller DCB

22

Gavin Newsom

23

Sir Bernard Ingham

24

Stella Creasy MP

25

Paul Staines (AKA Guido Fawkes)

26

The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC

27

The Rt. Hon. The Lady Garden of Frognal

28

Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington DCVO, PC

29

Martha Kearney

30

Giulio Andreotti (1919 – 2013)

31

Brian Coleman

32

Kathy Clugston

33

Barbara Walters

34

Clare Balding

35

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Hodge MBE MP (also known as Lady Hodge)

36

Dan Penteado

37

Esther McVey MP

38

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP

39

The Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker (AKA “Greg Barker”)

40

John Simpson CBE

41

Terry Venables

42

Sir David Frost, Kt., OBE (1939 - 2013)

43

Lizo Mzimba