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During her seat she focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families. She also campaigned for improved regulation of flammable textiles fabrics, having lost her own child to a housefire. However, the 1950s were a tough time politically for the Labour Party, Mann opposed the Left-wing Bevanites, meaning in 1953 she secured her seat on the NEC. However she stood down in 1959 after coming under attack from the right-wing of the party, having defended and voted against the expulsion of Aneurin Bevan.
During her seat she focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families. She also campaigned for improved regulation of flammable textiles fabrics, having lost her own child to a housefire. However, the 1950s were a tough time politically for the Labour Party, Mann opposed the Left-wing Bevanites, meaning in 1953 she secured her seat on the NEC. However she stood down in 1959 after coming under attack from the right-wing of the party, having defended and voted against the expulsion of Aneurin Bevan.


She recognised that housing provision in her constituency was inadequate and addressed the issue in her maiden speech.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ukvote100 |date=2021-04-19 |title=Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann |url=https://ukvote100.org/2021/04/19/margaret-herbison-and-jean-mann/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament |language=en}}</ref> She was quoted stating that the housing situation was “as bad as it possibly can be”<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMENDMENT OF LAW (Hansard, 25 October 1945) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1945/oct/25/amendment-of-law#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref>, but that the saddest feature “is that which arises when a young woman is about to be confined", during a debate on 25 October 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ukvote100 |date=2021-04-19 |title=Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann |url=https://ukvote100.org/2021/04/19/margaret-herbison-and-jean-mann/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament |language=en}}</ref>
She recognised that housing provision in her constituency was inadequate and addressed the issue in her maiden speech.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ukvote100 |date=2021-04-19 |title=Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann |url=https://ukvote100.org/2021/04/19/margaret-herbison-and-jean-mann/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament |language=en}}</ref> She was quoted stating that the housing situation was “as bad as it possibly can be”,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMENDMENT OF LAW (Hansard, 25 October 1945) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1945/oct/25/amendment-of-law#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_352 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> but that the saddest feature “is that which arises when a young woman is about to be confined", during a debate on 25 October 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ukvote100 |date=2021-04-19 |title=Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann |url=https://ukvote100.org/2021/04/19/margaret-herbison-and-jean-mann/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament |language=en}}</ref>


Mann secured the Coatbridge seat in 1945 and focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families.  Fire safety was of great importance to her as she had lost one of her own children in a fire. In 1959, she successfully campaigned for better regulation on flammable textile fabrics. The 1950s were turbulent years for Labour, with rows erupting once again between the left and the right of the party. Mann’s opposition to the left-wing Bevanites helped to win her a seat on the NEC in 1953, but when, two years later, she voted not to expel Aneurin Bevan from the party for disloyalty– a move that displayed both her independence and strength of character—she came under attack from the right wing of the party. She stood down at the 1959 election<ref name=":0" />.
Mann secured the Coatbridge seat in 1945 and focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families.  Fire safety was of great importance to her as she had lost one of her own children in a fire. In 1959, she successfully campaigned for better regulation on flammable textile fabrics. The 1950s were turbulent years for Labour, with rows erupting once again between the left and the right of the party. Mann’s opposition to the left-wing Bevanites helped to win her a seat on the NEC in 1953, but when, two years later, she voted not to expel Aneurin Bevan from the party for disloyalty– a move that displayed both her independence and strength of character—she came under attack from the right wing of the party. She stood down at the 1959 election.<ref name=":0" />


== Early Career ==
== Early Career ==
Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountant. She became a secretary for her local Independent Labour Party office, whilst a mother of 5 children, then progressing to be a senior magistrate and vice-chairman of the Scottish Labour party, Mann became a councillor on Glasgow Corporation in 1931.<ref name=":0" />
Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountant. She became a secretary for her local Independent Labour Party office, whilst a mother of 5 children, then progressing to be a senior magistrate and vice-chairman of the Scottish Labour party, Mann became a councillor on Glasgow Corporation in 1931.<ref name=":0" />


In 1933 she became housing convener<ref name=":0" /> and was a supporter and advocate for the Garden City Movement<ref>https://tcpa.org.uk/</ref> and was part of the Scottish Branch of the GCTPA/TCPA<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=G |date=1964 |title=Mr |journal= |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=194}}</ref>, expressing favour for low-rise developments over high-rise and wanted to use this model to improve the housing in Glasgow, but it was not financially viable.<ref name=":0" />
In 1933 she became housing convener<ref name=":0" /> and was a supporter and advocate for the Garden City Movement<ref>https://tcpa.org.uk/</ref> and was part of the Scottish Branch of the GCTPA/TCPA,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=G |date=1964 |title=Mr |journal= |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=194}}</ref> expressing favour for low-rise developments over high-rise and wanted to use this model to improve the housing in Glasgow, but it was not financially viable.<ref name=":0" />


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 18:32, 3 December 2022

Jean Mann
JP
Jean Mann (1946)
Member of Parliament
for Coatbridge and Airdrie
Coatbridge (1945-50)
In office
5 July 1945 – 8 October 1959
Preceded byJames Barr
Succeeded byJames Dempsey
Personal details
Born
Jean Stewart

2 July 1889[1]
Died21 March 1964(1964-03-21) (aged 74)
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations		Ind. Labour Party
ChildrenFive

Jean Mann JP (née Stewart; 2 July 1889 – 21 March 1964) was a Scottish Labour Party politician and a campaigner for better housing and planning. She was the third female Labour MP in Scotland.[citation needed] She was elected into the House of Commons on 5 July 1945[2] and left on 18 September 1959.

Early life

Her father was William Stewart, an iron moulder and active trade unionist, and was influential in sparking her passion for improving the lives of others.

In September 1941, the Scottish Branch of the Housing and Town Planning Association organised a conference in Largs to draw attention to the Scottish evidence to the Barlow Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population (1940). The conference papers and proceedings were afterwards published in a book titled Replanning Scotland which was edited by Jean Mann.[3]

Parliamentary career

In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Mann was elected as Member of Parliament for Coatbridge. After she had taken the oath, it was realised that her position on the Rent Tribunals under the Rent of Furnished Houses Control (Scotland) Act 1943 was remunerated and that she therefore might hold an 'office of profit under the Crown' which would disqualify her from election. A Select Committee was established[4] which reported that her election was invalid; a Bill[5] was rushed through validating it and indemnifying her from the consequences of acting as an MP while disqualified.[6]

On 19 February 1947, Mann introduced the epithet "twerp" to the House of Commons when referring to a character in the popular radio comedy programme ITMA, during a debate on supplementary estimates.[7][8]

During her seat she focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families. She also campaigned for improved regulation of flammable textiles fabrics, having lost her own child to a housefire. However, the 1950s were a tough time politically for the Labour Party, Mann opposed the Left-wing Bevanites, meaning in 1953 she secured her seat on the NEC. However she stood down in 1959 after coming under attack from the right-wing of the party, having defended and voted against the expulsion of Aneurin Bevan.

She recognised that housing provision in her constituency was inadequate and addressed the issue in her maiden speech.[9] She was quoted stating that the housing situation was “as bad as it possibly can be”,[10] but that the saddest feature “is that which arises when a young woman is about to be confined", during a debate on 25 October 1945.[11]

Mann secured the Coatbridge seat in 1945 and focused on issues that affected low-paid women, housewives and their families.  Fire safety was of great importance to her as she had lost one of her own children in a fire. In 1959, she successfully campaigned for better regulation on flammable textile fabrics. The 1950s were turbulent years for Labour, with rows erupting once again between the left and the right of the party. Mann’s opposition to the left-wing Bevanites helped to win her a seat on the NEC in 1953, but when, two years later, she voted not to expel Aneurin Bevan from the party for disloyalty– a move that displayed both her independence and strength of character—she came under attack from the right wing of the party. She stood down at the 1959 election.[2]

Early Career

Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountant. She became a secretary for her local Independent Labour Party office, whilst a mother of 5 children, then progressing to be a senior magistrate and vice-chairman of the Scottish Labour party, Mann became a councillor on Glasgow Corporation in 1931.[2]

In 1933 she became housing convener[2] and was a supporter and advocate for the Garden City Movement[12] and was part of the Scottish Branch of the GCTPA/TCPA,[13] expressing favour for low-rise developments over high-rise and wanted to use this model to improve the housing in Glasgow, but it was not financially viable.[2]

Bibliography

  • Mann, Jean (Ed.) (1941), Replanning Scotland, Town and Country Planning Association (Scotland).
  • Mann, Jean (1962). Woman in Parliament. London: Oldhams Press.

References

  1. ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50056. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e ukvote100 (19 April 2021). "Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann". UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Rosenburg, Lou (2016), Scotland's Homes Fit for Heroes: Garden City Influences on the Development of Working Class Housing 1900 to 1939, The Word Bank, Edinburgh, pp. 234-236
  4. ^ HC Deb 17 August 1945 vol 413 cc272-3
  5. ^ The Coatbridge and Springburn Elections (Validation) Bill
  6. ^ The Coatbridge and Springburn Elections (Validation) Act 1945, (9 & 10 George 6.) 3.
  7. ^ Mann, Jean, MP for Coatbridge (19 February 1947). "Civil Estimates, Supplementary Estimate, 1946–47: Broadcasting". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 433. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 1249. The comedians of the B.B.C. seem content with smutty sex jokes. Today, 70 per cent. of their wireless programmes are based on jokes of this kind. If families are sitting with us we feel we want to switch off. The greatest insult of all to Scotland is the introduction of a Scots girl to "Itma" who is supposed to he falling head over heels for a little "twerp" called "The Governor."
  8. ^ "B.B.C. Comedian Called a "Twerp"". The Canberra Times. Vol. 21, no. 6200. 21 February 1947. p. 1 – via Trove. The word "twerp," was heard for the first time in the House of Commons when Mrs. Jean Mann, during the debate on the supplementary estimates, used it in referring to the B.B.C.'s most publicised comedian Tommy Handley, in his programme, entitled "Itma.
  9. ^ ukvote100 (19 April 2021). "Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann". UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "AMENDMENT OF LAW (Hansard, 25 October 1945)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  11. ^ ukvote100 (19 April 2021). "Margaret Herbison and Jean Mann". UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ https://tcpa.org.uk/
  13. ^ McAllister, G (1964). "Mr". 32 (4): 194. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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1945–1950 		Constituency abolished
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