Woman's HourWoman's Hour Power List The Top 20
The Top 20 of the 100 most powerful women in Britain
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No. 1HM The Queen
Head of State
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No. 2Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Home Secretary
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No. 3Ana Botín
CEO of Santander UK
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No. 4Baroness Hale of Richmond
Supreme Court Judge
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No. 5Elisabeth Murdoch
Chairman of Shine Ltd
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No. 6Professor Dame Sally Davies
Chief Medical Officer for England
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No. 7Carrie Longton and Justine Roberts
Founders of Mumsnet
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No. 8The Rt Hon Lady Justice Hallett
Judge in the Court of Appeal
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No. 9Angela Ahrendts
CEO of Burberry
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No. 10Dame Gail Rebuck
Chief Executive of Random House
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No. 11Frances O'Grady
General Secretary of the TUC
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No. 12Moya Greene
CEO of the Royal Mail
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No. 13J .K. Rowling OBE
Novelist
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No. 14Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport
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No. 15Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
Professor of Physiology, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester
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No. 16Rosemary Squire OBE
Joint Chief-Executive of the Ambassador Theatre Group
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No. 17Rt Hon Maria Miller MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; Minister for Women and Equalities
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No. 18Sara Thornton CBE QPM
Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and Vice President of the Association of Chief Police Officers
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No. 19Professor Anne Glover CBE
Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission
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No. 20Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Deputy First Minister of Scotland; Deputy Leader of the SNP
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