Will only quotas increase women MPs?

Posted by on Jan 11, 2010 in 2010 general election, Politics, Women MPs | 23 comments I know there is all party support for more women MPs, the problem is getting women candidates selected by associations in winnable seats. Of course women want to be stand alongside men and be chosen on merit, but it doesn’t necessarily work that way, which is why there are currently 126 women in the House of Commons compared to 519 men, and 15 MPs from ethnic minorities: it would have been...
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