Audrey Wise (née Brown; 4 January 1932[a] – 2 September 2000)[3] was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament for Coventry South West from 1974 to 1979, and for Preston from 1987 until her death.

She served as MP for Coventry South West from February 1974 to 1979, a period of tenuous Labour Government with marginal or no majorities.

[6] With Jeff Rooker, she co-authored the Rooker-Wise Amendment to Denis Healey's 1977 budget which sought to freeze many annual fiscal changes to mitigate global inflation; this amendment introduced retrospective inflation-proofing on personal tax allowances (the tax-free portion of individuals' earnings), and resulted in £450 million being returned to taxpayers.

[citation needed] The conflict between Wise and the Labour Whips was highlighted in the National Theatre play This House by James Graham in 2012.

[citation needed] On 2 September 2000, Wise died at her home in Stafford from a brain tumour, which had been diagnosed some five months earlier.