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The Women and Equalities Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was established following the 2015 general election to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (sex, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.
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 ...
Office held whilst in Parliament Year elected Seat held by party since Defeated by Party Conservative: Bim Afolami [6] Hitchin [n 1] Economic Secretary to the Treasury: 2017: 1997: Alistair Strathern: Labour: Peter Aldous [7] Lowestoft [n 2] 2010: 2010: Jessica Asato: Labour: Caroline Ansell [8] Eastbourne: 2019: 2019: Josh Babarinde: Liberal ...
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
The 2020 Singapore general election saw a record number of women become lawmakers in Singapore's Parliament. 27 out of 93 seats (29%) for elected Members of Parliament went to women, compared to 21 out of 89 (24%) seats in the 2015 general election. One of the two Non-constituency MP seats has also been taken up by a woman.
Women in national legislatures (as of 1 September 2022) Country Lower House Upper House Last Election Seats Women % W Last Election Seats* Women % W Rwanda: 2018: 80 49 61.3 2019 26 9 34.6 Cuba: 2018: 586 313 53.4
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
This election also saw a record in women's representation with 21 female MPs elected, the highest in Sri Lanka's parliamentary history, [10] and a record number of more than 150 MPs are first-timers. [11] Following the election, the newly elected 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka was inaugurated on 21 November 2024. [12] [13]