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Mabel Phillipson (1887 - 1951) was a British actress and politician. She was the third female member to serve in the House of Commons after this became legally possible in 1918, serving Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Born Mabel Russell in 1887, she became a successful music hall and comedy actress. Widowed by 1911, in 1917 she married Hilton Philipson, a business owner and National Liberal politician.

On the 21st Nov 1918 the Qualification of Women Act, introduced a few weeks previously by Lord Robert Cecil was given Royal Assent, making women eligible as Members of Parliament.

Hilton Phillipson was unseated on petition in 1923, due to a fraud involving his agent. Mabel Phillipson was elected to the vacant seat as a Conservative, and held it until her retirment in 1929.

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