Shirley Vivian Teresa Williams obituary: Dedicated egalitarian who co-found the Social Democratic Party in Britain Former Labour cabinet minister was one of the most highly achieving women in British politics and one of the most popular with the electorate
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Shirley Williams at the Labour party conference in 1976. Photograph: John Minihan/Getty Images
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April 11th, 2021
Shirley Williams, Lady Williams of Crosby, who has died aged 90, was one of the most influential figures in British social democracy in the latter half of the 20th century. The former Labour cabinet minister who defected to co-found the Social Democratic Party, of which she then became president, later served as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords after the merger between the SDP and the Liberal party.