2010 Gender Equality
2010: Gender Equality How many MPs are there in the House of Commons? Population of the UK Male: 30m 49% Female: 31.5m 51% Female: 143 22% Up 2.5% Male: 507 78% Total: 650 Total: 61.5 million MP gender split by party: Labour MP gender split by party: Conservatives MP gender split by party: Liberal Democrats Female: 81 31.4% Femalo: 48 15% Female: 7 12.3% Male: 177 68.6% Male: 259 85% Male: 50 87.7% Total: 258 Total: 307 Total: 57 O Down from 94 to 81 but up 4% accounting for decrease in total number of Labour MPs O Up from 18 to 48 since April (from 9% to 15%) O Down from 9 to 7 (from 15% to 12.3%) Small Parties O0000000000 +1 Green +1 SNP Sinn Fein SDLP No Female Plaid Cymru No Female DUP RANK POSITION 2001 - Global Position #33 2010 - Global Position #73 International League of Women MPs Ranked beneath: Burundi, Senegal, Guinea, Uganda and Latvia & more Current Rate of Progress 30% by 2025, 40% 2045, 50% 2065 RWANDA: 56% Women Parliament BELGIUM: 38% Women Parliament SWEDEN: 46% Women Parliament DENMARK: 38% Women Parliament SOUTH AFRICA: 45% Women Parliament SPAIN: 37% Women Parliament NETHERLANDS: 42% Women Parliament GERMANY: 33% Women Parliament NORWAY: 39.6% Women Parliament AUSTRIA: 28% Women Parliament First Women First Woman MP: Countess Constance Markievicz (1918) - did not take her seat in protest against Britain's policy in Ireland First Woman MP to take a seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor (1919) First Woman Minister: Margaret Bondfield (1924), Únder Secretary in the Ministry of Labour The Coalition Cabinet Theresa May Caroline Spelman Cheryl Gillan The Baroness Warsi An infographic from 1985® onenineeightfive.com THE WORLD COALITION 2010: Gender Equality How many MPs are there in the House of Commons? Population of the UK Male: 30m 49% Female: 31.5m 51% Female: 143 22% Up 2.5% Male: 507 78% Total: 650 Total: 61.5 million MP gender split by party: Labour MP gender split by party: Conservatives MP gender split by party: Liberal Democrats Female: 81 31.4% Femalo: 48 15% Female: 7 12.3% Male: 177 68.6% Male: 259 85% Male: 50 87.7% Total: 258 Total: 307 Total: 57 O Down from 94 to 81 but up 4% accounting for decrease in total number of Labour MPs O Up from 18 to 48 since April (from 9% to 15%) O Down from 9 to 7 (from 15% to 12.3%) Small Parties O0000000000 +1 Green +1 SNP Sinn Fein SDLP No Female Plaid Cymru No Female DUP RANK POSITION 2001 - Global Position #33 2010 - Global Position #73 International League of Women MPs Ranked beneath: Burundi, Senegal, Guinea, Uganda and Latvia & more Current Rate of Progress 30% by 2025, 40% 2045, 50% 2065 RWANDA: 56% Women Parliament BELGIUM: 38% Women Parliament SWEDEN: 46% Women Parliament DENMARK: 38% Women Parliament SOUTH AFRICA: 45% Women Parliament SPAIN: 37% Women Parliament NETHERLANDS: 42% Women Parliament GERMANY: 33% Women Parliament NORWAY: 39.6% Women Parliament AUSTRIA: 28% Women Parliament First Women First Woman MP: Countess Constance Markievicz (1918) - did not take her seat in protest against Britain's policy in Ireland First Woman MP to take a seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor (1919) First Woman Minister: Margaret Bondfield (1924), Únder Secretary in the Ministry of Labour The Coalition Cabinet Theresa May Caroline Spelman Cheryl Gillan The Baroness Warsi An infographic from 1985® onenineeightfive.com THE WORLD COALITION 2010: Gender Equality How many MPs are there in the House of Commons? Population of the UK Male: 30m 49% Female: 31.5m 51% Female: 143 22% Up 2.5% Male: 507 78% Total: 650 Total: 61.5 million MP gender split by party: Labour MP gender split by party: Conservatives MP gender split by party: Liberal Democrats Female: 81 31.4% Femalo: 48 15% Female: 7 12.3% Male: 177 68.6% Male: 259 85% Male: 50 87.7% Total: 258 Total: 307 Total: 57 O Down from 94 to 81 but up 4% accounting for decrease in total number of Labour MPs O Up from 18 to 48 since April (from 9% to 15%) O Down from 9 to 7 (from 15% to 12.3%) Small Parties O0000000000 +1 Green +1 SNP Sinn Fein SDLP No Female Plaid Cymru No Female DUP RANK POSITION 2001 - Global Position #33 2010 - Global Position #73 International League of Women MPs Ranked beneath: Burundi, Senegal, Guinea, Uganda and Latvia & more Current Rate of Progress 30% by 2025, 40% 2045, 50% 2065 RWANDA: 56% Women Parliament BELGIUM: 38% Women Parliament SWEDEN: 46% Women Parliament DENMARK: 38% Women Parliament SOUTH AFRICA: 45% Women Parliament SPAIN: 37% Women Parliament NETHERLANDS: 42% Women Parliament GERMANY: 33% Women Parliament NORWAY: 39.6% Women Parliament AUSTRIA: 28% Women Parliament First Women First Woman MP: Countess Constance Markievicz (1918) - did not take her seat in protest against Britain's policy in Ireland First Woman MP to take a seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor (1919) First Woman Minister: Margaret Bondfield (1924), Únder Secretary in the Ministry of Labour The Coalition Cabinet Theresa May Caroline Spelman Cheryl Gillan The Baroness Warsi An infographic from 1985® onenineeightfive.com THE WORLD COALITION 2010: Gender Equality How many MPs are there in the House of Commons? Population of the UK Male: 30m 49% Female: 31.5m 51% Female: 143 22% Up 2.5% Male: 507 78% Total: 650 Total: 61.5 million MP gender split by party: Labour MP gender split by party: Conservatives MP gender split by party: Liberal Democrats Female: 81 31.4% Femalo: 48 15% Female: 7 12.3% Male: 177 68.6% Male: 259 85% Male: 50 87.7% Total: 258 Total: 307 Total: 57 O Down from 94 to 81 but up 4% accounting for decrease in total number of Labour MPs O Up from 18 to 48 since April (from 9% to 15%) O Down from 9 to 7 (from 15% to 12.3%) Small Parties O0000000000 +1 Green +1 SNP Sinn Fein SDLP No Female Plaid Cymru No Female DUP RANK POSITION 2001 - Global Position #33 2010 - Global Position #73 International League of Women MPs Ranked beneath: Burundi, Senegal, Guinea, Uganda and Latvia & more Current Rate of Progress 30% by 2025, 40% 2045, 50% 2065 RWANDA: 56% Women Parliament BELGIUM: 38% Women Parliament SWEDEN: 46% Women Parliament DENMARK: 38% Women Parliament SOUTH AFRICA: 45% Women Parliament SPAIN: 37% Women Parliament NETHERLANDS: 42% Women Parliament GERMANY: 33% Women Parliament NORWAY: 39.6% Women Parliament AUSTRIA: 28% Women Parliament First Women First Woman MP: Countess Constance Markievicz (1918) - did not take her seat in protest against Britain's policy in Ireland First Woman MP to take a seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor (1919) First Woman Minister: Margaret Bondfield (1924), Únder Secretary in the Ministry of Labour The Coalition Cabinet Theresa May Caroline Spelman Cheryl Gillan The Baroness Warsi An infographic from 1985® onenineeightfive.com THE WORLD COALITION 2010: Gender Equality How many MPs are there in the House of Commons? Population of the UK Male: 30m 49% Female: 31.5m 51% Female: 143 22% Up 2.5% Male: 507 78% Total: 650 Total: 61.5 million MP gender split by party: Labour MP gender split by party: Conservatives MP gender split by party: Liberal Democrats Female: 81 31.4% Femalo: 48 15% Female: 7 12.3% Male: 177 68.6% Male: 259 85% Male: 50 87.7% Total: 258 Total: 307 Total: 57 O Down from 94 to 81 but up 4% accounting for decrease in total number of Labour MPs O Up from 18 to 48 since April (from 9% to 15%) O Down from 9 to 7 (from 15% to 12.3%) Small Parties O0000000000 +1 Green +1 SNP Sinn Fein SDLP No Female Plaid Cymru No Female DUP RANK POSITION 2001 - Global Position #33 2010 - Global Position #73 International League of Women MPs Ranked beneath: Burundi, Senegal, Guinea, Uganda and Latvia & more Current Rate of Progress 30% by 2025, 40% 2045, 50% 2065 RWANDA: 56% Women Parliament BELGIUM: 38% Women Parliament SWEDEN: 46% Women Parliament DENMARK: 38% Women Parliament SOUTH AFRICA: 45% Women Parliament SPAIN: 37% Women Parliament NETHERLANDS: 42% Women Parliament GERMANY: 33% Women Parliament NORWAY: 39.6% Women Parliament AUSTRIA: 28% Women Parliament First Women First Woman MP: Countess Constance Markievicz (1918) - did not take her seat in protest against Britain's policy in Ireland First Woman MP to take a seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor (1919) First Woman Minister: Margaret Bondfield (1924), Únder Secretary in the Ministry of Labour The Coalition Cabinet Theresa May Caroline Spelman Cheryl Gillan The Baroness Warsi An infographic from 1985® onenineeightfive.com THE WORLD COALITION
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