When all-women shortlists hit the mainstream media, it’s usually because certain party members are unhappy with their application. But in the ongoing centrally-controlled selection in Edmonton, sources tell us local members and elected constituency Labour party (CLP) officers have specifically requested an all-women shortlist. Now, surely this would be welcomed by Labour’s national executive committee […]
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Edmonton members ask for all-women shortlist – why won’t Labour’s executive oblige?
Jan 31st, 2015 by Keith Wright.The trouble with all-women shortlists
Feb 16th, 2011 by Owen Jones.The lack of women represented in the House of Commons is nothing less than a national disgrace. We’re over 80 years on from winning universal suffrage, but only one in five Members of Parliament don’t have a Y chromosome. There are 56 countries on earth with more women represented in their legislatures, including well-known citadels of […]