Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Bessie Braddock

Bessie Braddock

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 8, 2017 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:21, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

 Elizabeth Margaret "Bessie" Braddock (née Bamber; 24 September 1899 – 13 November 1970) was a  British  Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liverpool Exchange division from 1945 to 1970. She was a member of Liverpool County Borough Council from 1930 to 1961. Although she never held office in government, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns in connection with housing, public health and other social issues. Braddock was a pugnacious presence in parliament, and a keen supporter of the 1945–51 Attlee ministry's reform agenda, particularly the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. She served on Labour's National Executive Committee between 1947 and 1969. For most of her parliamentary career she remained a member of Liverpool's council, and was a central figure in the controversy that arose in the 1950s over the city's flooding of the Tryweryn Valley for the construction of a reservoir. When Labour won the 1964 general election she refused office on the grounds of age and health; thereafter her parliamentary contributions dwindled as her health worsened. Towards the end of her life she became Liverpool's first woman freeman. After her death in 1970 her Guardian obituarist hailed her as "one of the most distinctive political personalities of the century".
 * Most recent similar article(s): George Mason was the last political biography I can find; Robert Catesby the most recent British politician; there are no female politicians on the 'recent' list.
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 * Promoted: December 12, 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: International Women's Day was the main motivation for suggesting this
 * Support as nominator. Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 08:21, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Happy with the date choice and I'd like to see this run as TFA. Unfortunately I won't be able to give the article the necessary once-over – I hope someone will. The blurb looks a bit long at the moment. NB pic is non-free. Brianboulton (talk) 22:09, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Contradictory statements. The first two sentences list her elected government offices. The third sentence says  "Although she never held office in government" . The article also makes the same contradiction. — Maile  (talk) 12:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * There's no contradiction there—the two positions in the first sentence are MP and councillor, neither of which are government offices. &#8209; Iridescent 16:07, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Thank you for explaining. — Maile (talk) 21:05, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Support, per nom and quality, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 19 February 2017 (UTC)