by Ellee Seymour | Sep 25, 2010 | Politics, Women MPs
Harriet Harman should be congratulated for keeping together a tight-knit Labour Party for almost 5 months. She hands over her reigns this evening when the new Labour leader is announced. In an interview in today’s Times, she is credited with forcing through...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 12, 2010 | Politics, Women MPs
Should we have part-time MPs to encourage more women parliamentarians? It is not the first time I have heard this suggestion, and it was one of the ideas given in evidence at the latest Speaker’s Conference which considered how to modernise and attract more...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 4, 2010 | Politics, Women MPs
Newly elected women MPs in the Czech Republic proudly display their femininity and sex appeal in come-to-bed poses for a racy new 2011 calendar. In the May election, women won more seats than every before during their national elections in late May when 44 women were...
by Ellee Seymour | Jun 6, 2010 | Politics, Women MPs
I know I won’t be the only person keen to hear what John Bercow says in the Hansard Society’s Speaker’s Lecture this week entitled “Reform in a new Parliament: Reviving the Chamber”.I want to see if he will keep his word about the need to...
by Ellee Seymour | May 8, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics, Women MPs
Because I believe you are all longing to know how many women were elected into Parliament, this is the breakdown, courtesy of the Centre for Women and Democracy. Don’t hold your breath, it’s not earth shattering: a total of 142 women were elected...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 26, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics, Women MPs
Whatever the outcome of the general election, we will not see the change we really need in parliament – many more women MPs to reflect our true society.Data shows that although the three main political parties are fielding a record number of women candidates for...
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