Margaret Wingfield

Margaret Wingfield
Kingston on Thames, United Kingdom
Margaret Wingfield Kingston on Thames, United Kingdom
Occupation	President, Liberal Party (UK); President, National Council for Women

Margaret Elizabeth Wingfield

CBE (19 January 1912 – 6 April 2002) was a British Liberal Party politician and President of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1976.^[1]

Background

Wingfield was educated at

Wingfield was active internally with the Liberal Party. She served on the Liberal Party Council from 1962. She was an executive member, of the British Group of Liberal International.^[3] She was Chairman of the Liberal Party social security panel.^[4] She was President of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1976. Her term of office coincided with the time of the revelations about party leader, Jeremy Thorpe's private life and his subsequent resignation.

Wingfield also stood as a Liberal candidate for public office. She stood as a candidate in Putney at the 1961 London County Council election. She also stood four times for parliament; for Wokingham in 1964 and 1966, at the 1967 Walthamstow West by-election and for Chippenham in 1970.

^ Meadowcroft, Michael (17 April 2002). "Margaret Wingfield". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ The Times House of Commons, 1964
^ The Times House of Commons, 1966
^ The Times House of Commons, 1970

Party political offices
Preceded by Arthur Holt	President of the Liberal Party 1975–1976	Succeeded by Basil Goldstone
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Diane Reid	President of the National Council of Women of Great Britain 1980–1984	Succeeded by Mary Mayne

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