Sentences with phrase «ethnic minority mps»

There are record numbers of women and ethnic minority MPs and Conservative MP Alan Mak becomes the first British Chinese Member of the Commons.

(The Lib Dems don't have any ethnic minority MPs.)

Labour now has 16 ethnic minority MPs and the Conservatives 11.

Labour should add at least five ethnic minority MPs to its current total of 13.

But his elevation to the Lords may make it even harder for the Lib Dems to ensure they get any ethnic minority MPs next time round.

recent sexual harassment allegations, the scarcity of women or ethnic minority MPs in the party's front and back benches and the failed attempts to oust Nick Clegg as party leader are hardly stories that will improve the image of an already unpopular party.

The 2017 election delivered the most diverse House of Commons in history, with the number of LGBT, women and ethnic minority MPs rising.

Not exact matches

Campbell has expressed the need for there to be more ethnic minorities in British politics, and with just 27 black and minority British MPs, the former defender recognises his standing could go a long way to improve such exposure.

Alice pointed out that «If Parliament were representative, we would have 130 more women MPs, twice as many Black, Asian and minority ethnic MPs and 50 times more disabled MPs», while another BHA representative, Owen Winter, noted that some 120 constituencies at the last general election had no female candidates at all.

It's already well known that many of these new MPs will be visibly different from the incumbents, with more women MPs and MPs from ethnic minorities.

«The fact that the Conservatives seem to have very few MPs or spokesmen from ethnic minorities was often mentioned as evidence that the party was not engaged in their communities.

Out of the 63 Lib Dem MPs only nine are women, and none are black or from ethnic minorities.

A «race and faith» inquiry will be launched tomorrow to examine the way the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) handles the employment of ethnic minorities.

I would go even further than David Cameron - I would fast track even more talented women and ethnic minority candidates into the seats currently held by our Bedblocker MPs - about 25 % of the Parliamentary Party the last time I looked.

Harsher words were exchanged at an equal opportunities commission fringe meeting where two senior Tory women clashed over affirmative action to ensure more women and MPs from ethnic minorities, a policy widely endorsed by most speakers yesterday.

David Cameron has succeeded in boosting the number of ethnic minority candidates in winnable seats: there should be at least four new black or Asian Conservative MPs to add to the two already at Westminster.

There are just two Conservative MPs from a Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) background - equivalent to 1.0 % - both of whom are seeking re-election (Adam Afriyie and Shailesh Vara).

> Jonathan Isaby's analysis of «The extent of the increase in women and ethnic minority Conservative MPs at the general election.»

We know a lot more of tomorrow's Tory MPs are likely to be women, quite a few more will be from ethnic minority backgrounds and a lot will be gay... but is that real diversity?

Perhaps the most worrying defeat for Nick Clegg in Liverpool this week came today against proposals to take positive action to try and elect more Lib Dem MPs who are black and from ethnic minorities.

None of their 57 MPs is black or comes from an ethnic minority, and the only one in modern times was Parmjit Singh Gill, who won Leicester South in a by - election in 2004, but lost it at the general election a year later.

The Labour leader also appointed Dawn Butler as the shadow minister for black and minority ethnic communities, which means that there are five MPs in the shadow cabinet from the BAME community — the highest ever number.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

According to the ConservativeHome website, if the Conservatives win an overall majority of one, the number of Conservative MPs from ethnic minorities will increase from 2 to around 12, while the number of women will increase from 18 to more than 60.

A higher proportion of life peers than MPs are women, and significant numbers of ethnic minority members have been appointed in recent years.

As much as possible the selection of candidates more recently has been controlled centrally in order to ensure more women and ethnic minorities become MPs.

The new House of Commons will be more diverse than ever before, with more women and more minority - ethnic MPs than in any previous parliament.

Nearly a third of Commons now female and number of minority - ethnic MPs has doubled but Oxbridge still dominates choice of university and average age rises

UCL estimates that 42 minority - ethnic MPs will now sit in the Commons, building on the success of the 2010 election, when 27 non-white MPs won seats in Westminster.

It was, relatively, a good night for black and minority ethnic candidates: the number of African, Caribbean and Asian MPs has nearly doubled — if only from 14 to 26.

How many male, white, straight Conservative MPs currently passionately campaigning for the selection of more women, and more men and women from ethnic minorities, would voluntarily relinquish their own seats in order to encourage local associations to follow the policy line they preach from their own smug, safe base?