With selections now having taken place in the vast majority of winnable seats,
the proportion of women candidates is as -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Put simply, if the
proportion of women in the Cabinet, on major company boards etc is increased, this will entail the appointment
of women who are less well - qualified than the best male
candidates for such positions.
A significant
proportion of the increases are being driven by smaller parties, such as the Greens who are consistently highly gender balanced in all four elections, RISE and Solidarity in Scotland, and
of course the recently formed
Women's Equality Party, who are running
candidates in Scotland, Wales and London.
There were a higher
proportion of female respondents who are in graduate roles compared to male respondents, indicating there are good opportunities for
women to get into the industry straight from education, a step which we often see being one
of the most difficult to make in a
candidate's career.