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Women gained the right to vote with the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918 after World War I. This gave the vote to women over the age of 30. However, the Speakers Conference which was charged with looking into giving women the vote did not have as its terms of reference, consideration to women standing as candidates for ...
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 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.
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.
These three generations of Black women activists — Mary-Pat Hector, 26; Melanie Campbell, 61; Judy Richardson, 80 — use different tactics and strategies, but all work to register communities ...
Women comprise over 48% of India’s more than 1.4 billion people but have 15.1% representation in Parliament, compared to the international average of 24%, Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram ...
A political video reminded women that they can vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without telling their husbands, enraging prominent conservatives and reigniting a fiery discourse that ...
This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/federal elections held in 2024 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.