Of the 220 female MPs elected to the United Kingdom's House of Commons in 2019, there were 104 Labour MPs, 87 Conservative MPs, 16 from the Scottish National Party (SNP), seven from the Liberal Democrats, and 16 from other parties. By comparison there were just 19 female MPs in the 1979 parliament, eight Conservative and 11 Labour.
Number of female Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 2019, by political party
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House of Commons. (February 15, 2022). Number of female Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 2019, by political party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/870991/women-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
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House of Commons. (2022). Number of female Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 2019, by political party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870991/women-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
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Number of female Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 2019, by political party [Graph], House of Commons, February 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/870991/women-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
