Shirley Williams
1930-07-27

Baroness Williams of Crosby

Labour MP for Hitchin 1964-74, Hertford & Stevenage 1974-79, SDP MP for Crosby 1981-83

President of the SDP 1982-87, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 2001-04

Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-76, Secretary of State for Education and Science 1976-79

Histories (subject)

The following histories are about Shirley Williams or mention them in some way:

• Shirley Williams (Lady Williams), 1930-2021

Journal Articles (subject)

The following journal articles are about Shirley Williams or mention them in some way:

• The Alliance: two-party cooperation in practice
• The merger debate in the SDP 1981-87
• Testament of hope
• Balancing family and politics

Histories (author)

Shirley Williams is the author of the following histories:

• Limehouse Declaration

Events (speaker)

Shirley Williams was a featured speaker at the following events:

• Roy Jenkins: reformer, visionary, statesman
• Old Liberals, New Liberals and Social Democrats
• The struggle for women’s rights
• Peace, Reform and Liberation: launch of new Liberal history book

Groups

• Members of Parliament (Commons)
• Members of Parliament (Lords)

Related time periods

• 1976-1988
• 1988-2010
• 2010-2015
• 2015-