Author profile: Sarah Childs

Women and the British General Election 2010: The Ongoing Under-representation of Women

Sarah Childs • May 26 2010 • Articles

A historically unprecedented 142 women MPs were elected in the UK on May 6th. The election also saw the first Muslim women MPs; the first Black and first ‘out’ lesbian Conservative women MPs; and the first Green party MP was a woman too. But women continue to be under represented.

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