United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain:
- Monarch - Queen Anne - 1701
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:
- Member of Parliament (elected) - Constance Markievicz - 1918
- Member of Parliament (who took her seat) - Nancy Astor - 1919
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
- Minister of Labour - Margaret Bondfield - 1929
- Minister for Education - Ellen Wilkinson - 1945
- Minister of Pensions and National Insurance - Margaret Herbison - 1964
- Minister of Overseas Development - Barbara Castle - 1964
- Minister for Transport - Barbara Castle - 1965
- First Secretary of State - Barbara Castle - 1968
- Secretary of State for Social Services (Health) - Barbara Castle - 1974
- Leader of the Opposition - Margaret Thatcher - 1975
- Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher - 1979
- Leader of the House of Lords - Janet Young, Baroness Young - 1981
- Speaker of the House of Commons - Betty Boothroyd - 1992
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Gillian Shephard - 1993
- Secretary of State for National Heritage (later Culture, Media and Sport) - Virginia Bottomley - 1995
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - Mo Mowlam - 1997
- President of the Board of Trade - Margaret Beckett - 1997
- Leader of the House of Commons - Ann Taylor - 1997
- Chief Whip - Ann Taylor - 1998
- Solicitor General for England and Wales - Harriet Harman - 2001
- Secretary of State for Scotland - Helen Liddell - 2001
- Foreign Secretary - Margaret Beckett - 2006
- Home Secretary - Jacqui Smith - 2007
- Attorney General - Baroness Scotland - 2007
- Welsh Secretary - Cheryl Gillan - 2010
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