Lady Megan was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in a bid to create unity, but after losing her seat she stood down in 1952. Disillusioned with the Liberals, she indicated in November that year that she would not stand again in Anglesey. Labour Party In 1955, Lady Megan defected to the Labour Party. In 1957, she stood against the Liberals as the Labour Party candidate at a by-election in Carmarthen and won the seat, which she held until her death from breast cancer at Pwllheli in 1966, aged 64. She was Philip Noel-Baker's romantic partner from 1936 until Irene Noel-Baker's death in 1956. Awards and legacy She was posthumously appointed as a Companion of Honour in the Dissolution Honours List published five days after her death. In 2016 she was included in a list of "the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time". In 2019 a Purple Plaque to commemorate her was installed on the building that had been her family home in Cricieth. References Sources Jones, J. Graham, entry in Dictionary of Liberal Biography Brack et al. (eds.) Politico's Publishing, 1998 Jones, J. Graham, 'A breach in the family: the defection from the Liberal Party of Megan and Gwilym Lloyd George' Jones, Mervyn. A Radical Life: The Biography of Megan Lloyd George, 1902–66. London: Hutchinson, 1991. Price, Emyr Megan Lloyd George; Gwynedd Archives Service, 1983 External links David Lloyd George Exhibition, National Library of Wales 1902 births 1966 deaths Children of prime ministers of the United Kingdom Deaths from breast cancer People from Caernarfonshire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Welsh Labour Party MPs Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Daughters of British earls UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 Deaths from cancer in Wales Megan 20th-century British women politicians Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Carmarthenshire constituencies