Nancy Astor was elected Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman elected to take her seat in Commons.
On November 28, 1919, Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Sutton district in a by-election, taking over from her husband who had vacated the seat to join the House of Lords. This monumental achievement marked her as the first woman elected to sit in the British House of Commons, a significant breakthrough in the male-dominated world of politics, paving the way for future generations of women politicians in the UK.