Jill Knight

**Joan Christabel Jill Knight, Baroness Knight na Collingtree**, DBE ( née Christie ; 9 ga Yuli 1923 - 6 ga Afrilu 2022) 'yar siyasa ce ta Birtaniya. 'Yar jam'iyyar Conservative ce, ta yi aiki a matsayin 'yar majalisar dokoki (MP) ga Birmingham Edgbaston daga 1966 zuwa 1997. An halicce ta a matsayin abokiyar rayuwa a matsayin Baroness Knight na Collingtree, na Collingtree a gundumar Northamptonshire, a 1997 bayan ta tsaya takara a babban zaɓen shekarar, kuma ta yi ritaya daga Majalisar Dattawa a 2016.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Joan Christabel Jill Christie a Bristol a ranar 9 ga Yuli, 1923,   duk da cewa daga baya ta yi shekaru da yawa ba tare da shekarunta ba: lokacin da take neman zaɓe, ta sanya shekarar haihuwarta a matsayin 1930. Iyayenta sun sake ta tun tana ƙarama. Mahaifiyarta malamar makaranta ce kuma ta kammala karatunta a Jami'ar Bristol . Christie ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare da Sakandare ta Fairfield da ke Bristol da Makarantar King Edward Grammar for Girls, Birmingham . A shekarar 1941, ta shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata (WAAF). Rundunarta ta yi aiki a Amiens, daga baya ta koma Hamburg, bayan da Birtaniya ta ci gaba, tana gudanar da ayyukan sarrafa jiragen sama a ƙasa. Ta kuma bayyana a rediyon British Forces Network . 

Bayan ta dawo Birtaniya, ta shiga ƙungiyar matasa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya a Landan. A ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1947, ta auri James Montague "Monty" Knight (wani likitan ido, wanda ya yi aiki a yaƙin a matsayin Laftanar a rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Navy ), sannan ta ƙaura zuwa Northampton . 

## Aikin siyasa
An zaɓe ta a matsayin kansila a Majalisar Gundumar Northampton, ta yi aiki daga 1956 zuwa 1966, kuma ta zama bulala . Ta yi takarar kujerar majalisar dokoki ta Northampton a zaɓen gama gari na 1959 da 1964 a Jam'iyyar Conservative .   An zaɓe ta a matsayin 'yar majalisa (MP) ta Birmingham Edgbaston a zaɓen gama gari na 1966, kuma ta riƙe wannan kujera a zaɓuka a jere na tsawon shekaru 31 har sai da ta tsaya takara a zaɓen 1997. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan majalisar mata mafi daɗewa a tarihin Birtaniya . 'Yar majalisar Conservative ta Edgbaston, Dame Edith Pitt, ta mutu a ranar 27 ga Janairun 1966 kuma wannan ne karo na farko da wata mace 'yar majalisa ta maye gurbinta. 

Knight ta kasance memba a Kwamitin Zaɓe na Majalisar Dokoki kan Alaƙar Kabila da Shige da Fice, 1969–72. Fiye da shekaru ashirin ta kasance memba mai himma a ƙungiyar Conservative Monday Club kuma ta kasance mai adawa da Rundunar Sojojin Republican ta Ireland . Bayan harin bam na Aldershot da IRA ta kai a watan Fabrairun 1972, ta yi kira da a kafa doka don haramta IRA, kuma ta kai hari ga magoya bayanta da masu tausaya mata.

Ta kasance a Kwamitin Zaɓe na Majalisar Turai daga 1977, Kwamitin Zaɓe na Harkokin Cikin Gida daga 1980 zuwa 1983, Shugabar Lady ta Ƙungiyar Kare Yara da Iyali ta Lords and Commons daga 1978, a Kwamitin Kula da Lafiya da Ayyukan Jama'a na Conservative daga 1982 da Sakatare na Kwamitin 1922 daga 1983 zuwa 1987. Knight ta kasance Shugabar Cibiyar Siyasa ta Conservative ta West Midlands daga 1980 zuwa 1983, kuma Lady Chairman na Kwamitin Hulɗa da Majalisar Dokoki ta Yammacin Turai daga 1984 zuwa 1988. Ta kuma yi aiki a Majalisar Turai (1977–88), da kuma a matsayin Shugabar Ƙungiyar 'Yan Majalisa ta Burtaniya (1994–97).

Wani taken da aka yi bayan gobarar gidan New Cross, wadda ta yi sanadiyyar mutuwar matasa 'yan Birtaniya bakar fata 13, ya ce: "Dame Jill Knight ta kunna wutar!";  wannan a bayyane yake nuni ne ga wani jawabi mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce da Knight ya yi wanda aka fassara shi da cewa yana yin afuwa ko ma ƙarfafa kai tsaye ga ɓangarorin hayaniya.  

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