Nelia Penman

Nelia Penman (née Muspratt; 6 November 1915 – 16 August 2017) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister.

She joined the Ministry of Information during the war and also served as a station officer with the London Ambulance Service.

[6] In 1938 she was selected as Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate for Liverpool Wavertree for a general election expected to take place in 1939/40.

During the war, she continued as PPC for Wavertree and spoke at the 1941 Liberal Assembly in favour of the creation of a Ministry of Civil Defence.

[8] She did not contest Wavertree and instead was Liberal candidate for the Sevenoaks Division of Kent at the 1945 general election.