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Politics portal; Timeline of female MPs in the House of Commons; All-women shortlists; Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945) Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918; Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom § Women; Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Widow's succession
The representation of women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has been an issue in the politics of the United Kingdom at numerous points in the 20th and 21st centuries. Originally debate centred on whether women should be allowed to vote and stand for election as Members of Parliament.
Left Labour and Co-op, joined Change UK: Change UK: 2018 2019 (Crossed again) Left Change UK, joined the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats: 2019 2019: Defeated Conservative: Nicola Blackwood [ew] Oxford West and Abingdon: 2010: 2017: Defeated Conservative: Karen Bradley [aq] Staffordshire Moorlands: 2010: Serving Conservative: Angie Bray [ex ...
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 ...
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Leader (Birth–death) Portrait Title Took office Left office Prime Minister; Jean Lambert (b. 1950) Female Principal Speaker 1992 1993 Major: Jan Clark
Women's Parliamentary Radio logo. Women's Parliamentary Radio is a website that broadcasts audio and video interviews with women MPs of all parties in the U.K. . All the interviews are pre-recorded and put on the website as reports which can be streamed and listened to immediately or downloaded as podcasts so that they can be listened to later.
Women political office-holders in Wales (6 C) * British lesbian politicians (2 C, 2 P) Lists of women politicians in the United Kingdom (1 C, 4 P) C.