Annette Brooke

Dame Annette Lesley Brooke, DBE (née Kelly; born 7 June 1947) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole from the 2001 general election to 2015.

Dame Annette Brooke
Member of Parliament
for Mid Dorset and North Poole
In office
7 June 2001  30 March 2015
Preceded byChristopher Fraser
Succeeded byMichael Tomlinson
Personal details
Born
Annette Lesley Kelly

(1947-06-07) 7 June 1947
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats
SpouseMichael Brooke
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Hughes Hall, Cambridge

At the time she left office, Brooke was the longest serving female MP in the history of the Liberal Democrats. As of 2023, she and fellow Liberal Democrat Diana Maddock are the only women to date who represented parliamentary constituencies in Dorset.

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