Alice Mahon

Alice Mahon (née Bottomley; 28 September 1937 – 25 December 2022) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax from 1987 until 2005.

Alice Mahon
Official portrait, 2005
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
In office
11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byRoy Galley
Succeeded byLinda Riordan
Personal details
Born
Alice Bottomley

(1937-09-28)28 September 1937
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died25 December 2022(2022-12-25) (aged 85)
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour (until 2009; after 2015)
Spouses
  • John Gledhill
    ​
    (div. 1972)​
  • Tony Mahon
    ​
    (died 2022)​
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Bradford (BA)

Mahon was a left-winger who was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and was a Eurosceptic, and a frequent rebel against Labour's Blair government. She left the House of Commons in 2005 and resigned from the Labour Party in 2009, expressing objections to the party's political positions and internal operations. However, she rejoined the party in 2015 in support of Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader.

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