Candidate Watch

The Centre for Women & Democracy is monitoring the candidate selections of all of the main political parties, and, between now and the 2010 General Election we will be producing statistics, analyses and commentaries on the numbers and percentages of women being elected, the methods by which these selections are being made, and the likely outcomes at the election in terms of the gender composition of the House of Commons.

The table below shows the number and percentage of women candidates for each of the main parties. The most recent figures are shown first.

Candidate Watch

	Con		Lab		LD
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
26/02/10	146	24.1	181	29.7	113	21.2
05/02/10	131	22.5	177	29.1	105	21.2
15/01/10	128	22.6	169	27.9	101	22
22/12/09	126	22.5	167	27.9	94	22.1
04/12/09	117	21.9	162	27.6	92	22.3

 

Data is collated from a variety of sources, including political party websites, and is kept as up-to-date as possible. Figures last updated 26/02/2010.

 

Reports on Specific Issues

As we go through the next few months we will be producing short reports on various aspects of women candidates, how the political parties are doing and how they compare.

Open Primaries

Over 70 Conservative constituency associations have selected their candidates using the open primary mechanism. Has this favoured women candidates or not? (published November 2009).

Women Candidates in Open Primaries (pdf)

 

Candidates for the Green Party and UKIP

Our second report in the run up to the General Election looks at the numbers of women candidates for two of the smaller parties, the Green Party and UKIP (published January 2010).

Green Candidates and UKIP (pdf)