Norah Runge

Norah Runge OBE
Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe
In office 27 October 1931 – 25 October 1935
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Ben Smith
Succeeded by	Ben Smith
Personal details
Born	Norah Cecil Runge 1884 (1884)
Died	6 June 1978(1978-06-06) (aged 93–94)
Political party	Conservative

Norah Cecil Runge, OBE (1884 – 6 June 1978) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Career

Runge was elected Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe in the 1931 Conservative landslide, gaining the seat from Labour incumbent Benjamin Smith. Runge held the seat until 1935, when it was regained by Smith.

She was subsequently created an alderman on London County Council in 1937, remaining a member of the council until 1961.[1][2]

Windowbill from the 1931 UK General Election in support of Mrs Runge and the National Government.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

1. "The New L.C.C.". The Times. 9 March 1937. p. 13.
2. Hutton, Marceline J (2001). Russian and West European women, 1860-1939: dreams, struggles, and nightmares. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-7425-1044-9.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Norah Runge
• Parliamentary Archives, Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings charting the career of Norah Cecil Runge, OBE, 1884-1978

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ben Smith	Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe 1931 – 1935	Succeeded by Ben Smith