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The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament. [1] In more modern times concerns about the under-representation of women led the Labour Party to introduce and, decades later, abandon all-women short lists , something which was later held to breach ...
Left Conservative Party, joined Change UK: Change UK: 2019 Left Change UK, became an Independent Independent: Joined the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats: 2019: Defeated Labour: Debbie Abrahams [fo] Oldham East and Saddleworth: 2011: Serving Labour Co-op: Seema Malhotra: Feltham and Heston: 2011: Serving Labour Co-op: Lucy Powell: Manchester ...
This list shows women who have been elected as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union and other British devolved assemblies, as well as those elected to Mayoral positions.
Blair Babes or Blair's Babes was a term sometimes used to refer to the 101 female Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Labour Party elected to the House of Commons in Labour's landslide 1997 general election victory, after images of the new prime minister, Tony Blair, with 96 [1] of them on the steps of Church House in Westminster were widely publicised. [2]
Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...
This is a list of women who have been sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death.
(Scottish Parliament) 15 August 2007 14 September 2007 Wendy Alexander (b. 1963) Paisley North (Scottish Parliament) 14 September 2007 28 June 2008 Cathy Jamieson (acting) (b. 1956) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament) 28 June 2008 3 September 2008: Johann Lamont (b. 1957) Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament) 17 December 2011: ...
50:50 Parliament is a cross-party campaign to achieve gender equality in the House of Commons (UK). [1] Female representation stood at 32% as of the 2017 General Election . [ 2 ] To mark International Women's Day 2018, MPs including the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, wore 50:50 badges at Prime Minister's Question time. [ 3 ]