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Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979.
Apr 12, 2021 · Veteran politician and Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Shirley Williams has died at the age of 90, the party has announced. She was hailed as a "Liberal lion and a true trailblazer" by Lib Dem...
Apr 16, 2021 · LONDON — Shirley Williams, a pioneering British lawmaker and former cabinet member who broke from the Labour Party in the 1980s to help found a centrist movement that briefly promised to...
Shirley Williams, who has died at 90, was a compelling personality and a principled voice of the centre left. She was tipped to be the first female prime minister, but faced personal and political challenges in her career.
Apr 13, 2021 · Shirley Williams, who has died at the age of 90, was the matriarch of liberal politics at Westminster. For over five decades, as an MP and then in the House of Lords, she represented...
Apr 12, 2021 · The leader of the Liberal Democrats has paid tribute to Baroness Shirley Williams as a “Liberal lion” and “true trailblazer” after the former UK cabinet minister and peer died on Monday aged 90.
Apr 12, 2021 · The Liberal Democrat peer and social democrat pioneer passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning. She was a cabinet minister, a founder of the SDP, and a trailblazer for women and education.
