Add to ORKGThe proportion of women elected to parliament in the UK remains low compared to other countries. In this post, Chris Terry examines the gender balance of parliamentary candidates for the upcoming election, and concludes that some progress is being made. Nevertheless, he suggests switching to a system of proportional representation would increase the descriptive representation of women faster than is likely under the current first-past-the-post system
It is clear that the major political parties in Britain consider the under-representation of women i...
First paragraph: It is nearly 100 years since the first woman was elected to the UK parliament. Cons...
The First-Past-the-Post electoral system is recognised as one of the major factors perpetuating whit...
In this post, the team at electionforecast.co.uk discuss their current predictions for London. They ...
We know women are more likely to be elected under proportional representation, but it hasn’t been cl...
Women continue to be under-represented in political positions of power, as well as in the upper eche...
In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered how...
The glacial pace of change in improving women’s representation in Parliament and British government ...
Much has been made of the addition of a number of extra women to the Cabinet following David Cameron...
The year 2010 constituted a favourable opportunity for the greater descriptive representation of wom...
Whilst most UK political parties have now accepted the need to increase the number of women represen...
This article asks, What effect does the choice of a nations electoral system have on the gender comp...
The 2010 UK general election presented a rare opportunity to significantly enhance women's represent...
No established liberal democracy has achieved sex balance in its national legislature. Scholars agre...
The descriptive representation of women has increased greatly over the last decades. This thesis arg...
It is clear that the major political parties in Britain consider the under-representation of women i...
First paragraph: It is nearly 100 years since the first woman was elected to the UK parliament. Cons...
The First-Past-the-Post electoral system is recognised as one of the major factors perpetuating whit...
In this post, the team at electionforecast.co.uk discuss their current predictions for London. They ...
We know women are more likely to be elected under proportional representation, but it hasn’t been cl...
Women continue to be under-represented in political positions of power, as well as in the upper eche...
In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered how...
The glacial pace of change in improving women’s representation in Parliament and British government ...
Much has been made of the addition of a number of extra women to the Cabinet following David Cameron...
The year 2010 constituted a favourable opportunity for the greater descriptive representation of wom...
Whilst most UK political parties have now accepted the need to increase the number of women represen...
This article asks, What effect does the choice of a nations electoral system have on the gender comp...
The 2010 UK general election presented a rare opportunity to significantly enhance women's represent...
No established liberal democracy has achieved sex balance in its national legislature. Scholars agre...
The descriptive representation of women has increased greatly over the last decades. This thesis arg...
It is clear that the major political parties in Britain consider the under-representation of women i...
First paragraph: It is nearly 100 years since the first woman was elected to the UK parliament. Cons...
The First-Past-the-Post electoral system is recognised as one of the major factors perpetuating whit...