Mary Holt
Mary Holt is a retired British Conservative Party politician and judge.Education
Holt gained her degree, an MA LLB with honors, from Girton College, Cambridge.Career
Holt was Member of Parliament for Preston North from 1970 to 1974, when she lost the seat in the February election of that year to Labour's Ronald Atkins. She was the first woman to hold the Preston North seat. In Parliament, she was a strong advocate for the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, which allowed wives have different addresses than their husbands. Her attempt to regain the seat in the October 1974 election was unsuccessful. From 1977 to 1995, Holt was a circuit court judge.
