Tributes have been paid to Maureen Colquhoun, the UK’s first openly lesbian MP, who has died at 92.The former Labour politician represented Northampton North during her five years in parliament between 1974 and 1979 and was a prominent campaigner on access to abortion, gender balance, and protection for sex workers.She saw off efforts by some party members in her constituency to deselect her as a candidate for the next general election after the Daily Mail revealed she was in a relationship with a woman.In an article for Gay News in 1977, Colquhoun said her sexuality had “nothing whatever to do with my ability to do my job as an MP”.