Renée Short (née Gill; 26 April 1919 – 18 January 2003) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East.

Born in Leamington Spa, she had a Jewish mother but was brought up by her Church of England grandparents.

[3] Short was on the left-wing of the Labour Party and often clashed with her constituency neighbour Enoch Powell.

[5] She had hopes of being appointed to the government in 1974 but believed she had suffered by openly stating her ambition on the BBC TV election results programme (she said "If Harold's any sense, he'll know what to do").

[citation needed] Later in her career she received a regular credit as "Parliamentary Adviser" to the Yorkshire Television sitcom The New Statesman.