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Constance Markiewicz, although as an Irish nationalist she refused to swear allegiance to the King and therefore didn't take-up her seat. Lady Nancy Astor (Conservative) was the first woman MP to sit in the House of Commons.

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Lady Astor Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, (born 19 May 1879, died 2 May 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons after being elected to the Plymouth Sutton seat on 28 November 1919 as a Unionist. Nancy Astor was not the first woman elected as an MP. The first was Constance Markiewicz, who was elected to serve as an MP for the Irish Sinn Féin party in 1918. However, in line with Sinn Féin policy she did not take her seat.

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The first woman elected was Constance Markeivicz in the General Election of 1918. As a member of Sinn Fein, she did not take her seat. The first woman to take her seat was Nancy Astor after a by-election in December 1919

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Nancy Astor Nancy Astor

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lady astor?

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