Sentences with phrase «labour women mps»

Many of those Labour women MPs are of such a background and disproportionately provide classic failures.

1 pm: Crunching the maths, FT Westminster blog looks at the current number of Labour women MPs and concludes: «By proposing that half the cabinet should be female, Harman is - ironically - suggesting that the Labour women MPs are twice as talented as the men.»

Only eight Labour women MPs voted against the attacks on lone parent benefits, with a handful of others conspicuously abstaining.

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

With news on the proposals getting through to Labour Party members over the summer, LWAC, together with Labour women MPs, took the initiative to launch the Save Lone Parent Benefit umbrella campaign.

«Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918 - 1945», written by the Labour MEP, Mary Honeyball, paints a fascinating portrait of political trailblazers — from Margaret Bondfield to Stella Creasy — who have much to teach the wannabe politicians of today.

Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918 - 1945 by Mary Honeyball is available now, published by Urbane

This policy led to the election of 101 Labour women MPs in 1997.

At that time, Labour had 268 MPs compared to Tory 339 MPs and she came into Parliament as one of only 10 Labour women MPs.

Harriet fought for more Labour women MPs through «women - only shortlists».

Not exact matches

From the 1970s, Harriet campaigned for increased women's representation in the Labour Party - more women Labour councillors, more women Labour MPs and for a Labour leadership team of three of which at least one should be a woman.

First elected in 1982, when only three percent of MPs were women, Harman entertains in reminiscence of Labour leader Michael Foot.

This was particularly important in the context of the failure of the majority of Labour's new women MPs to represent women's interests — and the divisive use to which this was put by the government.

However it is undeniable that the scheme in the Labour Party has increased the number of women MPs and done some good to make Labour more representative of women.

Mr Corbyn hit out at the abuse targeted at women Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott.

* 6th March 2018, h. 12:00 - 14:00, Women at the Grassroots, Social Market Foundation Speaker: Monica Poletti (PMP data), together with 4 MPs: Nicky Morgan (Tories), Jess Phillips (Labour), Jo Swinson (Lib Dem), Kirsty Blackman (SNP)

The Tories» A-List system in 2010 produced results — the number of Conservative women MPs nearly tripled — but the Parliamentary Conservative Party does not contain the same percentage of women (31 per cent) as the Parliamentary Labour Party.

The disconnect between flooding and women was jarring, and Labour MPs were unwise to shout during the update on flooding.

The big strides made in securing more women Labour MPs have also, unfortunately, been paralleled by a decline in those from working - class backgrounds.

Mr. Smith is expected to pledge that Labour will have all - female selection short - lists until half of all MPs are women.

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Only seven of the party's MPs are female, and the Labour MP Angela Eagle pointed out last summer that it has as many knights on its benches as women.

It is why we have All Women Shortlists which have transformed the representation of women among MPs, now at 33 % Labour and riWomen Shortlists which have transformed the representation of women among MPs, now at 33 % Labour and riwomen among MPs, now at 33 % Labour and rising.

Surely Abbott's TV profile, not to mention the fact she is the only woman and the only black person running, should have given her some sort of boost, if not among MPs, then among the media and Labour members?

However, many Labour MPs are increasingly losing patience with Serco after a steady stream of damaging stories from Yarl's Wood, which deals mostly with women detainees awaiting deportation.

Wife of Speaker John Bercow and Labour supporter @SallyBercow: Yes women can be mums & MPs!

Dozens of female Labour MPs will write to Jeremy Corbyn to urge him to ensure a woman replaces outgoing Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander.

There have also been further murmurs from MPs and Labour members on the right that they are unhappy that Smith was chosen ahead of Eagle, believing that after the Conservatives adopted their second woman leader and prime minister, Labour should be getting round to its first.

As well as speaking at a Labour Party Conference fringe meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, 29th October), the women will be joining Michael Mansfield QC, MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Colin Burgon, and 15 trade union general secretaries and leaders at a vigil outside the US Embassy on Thursday 1st October from 6 - 7.30 pm.

But after facing a backlash from Labour MPs including Jess Phillips and Stella Creasy, the MP for Derby North has stressed that he is not suggesting a concrete policy of women - only train carriages.

Four and a half years of Miliband has led many Labour MPs to conclude that the next leader has to come across as a «real» man or woman with the common touch.

Only seven of their 57 MPs are women - just 12 %, compared with 16 % of Tory MPs who are female, and 31 % Labour.

Labour is using all - women shortlists in more than 50 seats to boost the number of its female MPs.

«Labour is still the voice of women in parliament,» she said, pointing to the 80 female MPs in the party compared with 45 in the Conservative party.

The shortlist is something of a victory for female Labour MPs, who penned a letter to the leadership today demanding a woman replaces Ms Alexander as the MP.

Labour has a much larger talent pool of female MPs than the Conservatives and we've still failed to elect a woman leader.

About 16 % of the party's MPs are women, compared with 33 % of Labour's MPs.

Jess Phillips, who chairs the women's parliamentary Labour party, told the Guardian that the figure was disproportionately low, given that almost a third of MPs were women, and said her party was doing all the «heavy lifting».

All - women shortlists were instrumental in raising the number of women Labour MPs at the 1997 election.

The Labour Party has 97 women MPs, but none of the rest is standing.

Now, she points to «a dramatic change in the nature of Conservative women MPs... These MPs are more modern, and people that we, as Labour women, can work cross-party with.»

[2] She was pictured alongside 96 other women Labour MPs in the «Blair babes» photograph; she was the last to make her maiden speech, in January 1998, [3] calling herself «the last virgin in the House».

Labour leader is among 113 MPs who signed letter to home secretary calling for action to protect women from anti-abortion protesters