POLITICS & GOVERNANCE | FACTS & FIGURES HERE COME THE GIRLS! How women figured in the 2015 general election Other Labour Women 4 in total, 2% 99 in total, 52% WOMEN ON TOP 191 in total, 29.4% The highest-ever number and proportion of women MPs SNP were elected in 2015’s general election. Worldwide other 20 in total, 11% female MPs are doing well in other national parliaments. In Rwanda, 64% of MPs are female – the highest percentage in a recent survey across 190 countries*. The UK was listed 29th. There are also currently 21 international female heads of government† – Germany’s Angela Merkel is the longest-standing incumbent at 10 years in office. 650 191 MPS ELECTED TOTAL WOMEN KEY ELECTED CONSERVATIVE CABINET MINISTERS ALSO ATTEND CABINET Men Conservative SIGNIFICANT OTHER TORIES 459 in total, 70.6% 68 in total, 35% LABOUR SHADOW CABINET SIGNIFICANT OTHER LABOUR SNP GREEN PARTY PLAID CYMRU SDLP THERESA VILLIERS MP Secretary of INDEPENDENT State for ELIZABETH TRUSS MP Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Environment, Food and NICOLA CONSTITUENCY: Rural Affairs Chipping Barnet STURGEON MAJORITY: 14.5% CONSTITUENCY: First Minister South West Norfolk of Scotland MAJORITY: 27.5% THERESA MAY MP Home Secretary PRITI CONSTITUENCY: PATEL MP Maidenhead Minister of State MAJORITY: 54% (Department for Work and Pensions) WOMEN IN POLITICS CONSTITUENCY: Witham ANNA MAJORITY: 41.5% BARONESS SOUBRY MP ANELAY OF Minister for Small ST JOHNS DBE Business, Industry NICKY MORGAN MP Minister of State (Foreign and Enterprise NADINE Secretary of State for and Commonwealth Education Office) CONSTITUENCY: DORRIES MP Broxtowe CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: MAJORITY: 8% Mid Bedfordshire Loughborough CLAIRE MAJORITY: 40% MAJORITY: 17.5% PERRY MP CONSTITUENCY: Devizes MAJORITY: 42% THE BARONESS STOWELL PENNY OF BEESTON MBE JUSTINE GREENING MP MORDAUNT MP AMBER RUDD MP Leader of the House of Lords Secretary of State Minister of State for the Secretary of State for Energy and Lord Privy Seal for International Armed Forces and Climate Change Development Holds one of the oldest offices of CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: state, one of only three women CONSTITUENCY: Putney Portsmouth North Hastings and Rye in over 700 years to hold MAJORITY: 24% MAJORITY: 23% MAJORITY: 9.4% the position. INFOGRAPHIC: TIDY DESIGNS TIDY INFOGRAPHIC: 26 BRITAIN IN 2016 FACTS & FIGURES | POLITICS & GOVERNANCE HEIDI SEEMA ALEXANDER MP MALHOTRA MP KERRY Shadow Secretary of Shadow Chief Secretary MCCARTHY MP NIA to the Treasury GRIFFITH MP State for Health Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Shadow Secretary of CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: Food and Rural Affairs State for Wales Lewisham East EMMA REYNOLDS Feltham and Heston 33% MP MAJORITY: 23% CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: MAJORITY: Bristol East Llanelli CONSTITUENCY: MAJORITY: 9% MAJORITY: 18% Wolverhampton North East MAJORITY: 16% GLORIA DE LUCY BARONESS DIANE ABBOTT MP LUCIANA PIERO MP POWELL MP SMITH OF Shadow Secretary of State for BERGER MP Shadow Minister for Shadow Secretary of BASILDON PC International Development Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter State for Education Leader of the Mental Health CONSTITUENCY: Hackney Registration Opposition in the CONSTITUENCY: North and Stoke CONSTITUENCY: Manchester Central House of Lords CONSTITUENCY: Newington Liverpool Wavertree Ashfield MAJORITY: 47.5% MAJORITY: 48% MAJORITY: 59% MAJORITY: 18.5% CATHERINE MARIA MCKINNELL MP EAGLE MP Shadow Attorney General Shadow Secretary of State for Defence CONSTITUENCY: Newcastle upon CONSTITUENCY: Tyne North SILVIA Garston and Halewood MAJORITY: 22.5% HERMON MP MAJORITY: 55.5% ANGELA EAGLE MP CONSTITUENCY: Shadow First Secretary of State North Down HARRIET HARMAN and Shadow Secretary of State MAJORITY: QC MP for Business, Innovation and Skills 25.5% KATE CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: GREEN MP Camberwell and Peckham Wallasey LISA Shadow Minister for MAJORITY: 50% MAJORITY: 38% MARGARET NANDY MP Women and Equalities Shadow Secretary of RITCHIE MP CONSTITUENCY: State for Energy and CONSTITUENCY: Stretford and Urmston Climate Change South Down MAJORITY: 25% CONSTITUENCY: Wigan MAJORITY: 14% MAJORITY: 31.5% RACHEL WOMEN IN POLITICS REEVES MP CONSTITUENCY: Leeds West MAJORITY: 28% CAROLINE FLINT MP CONSTITUENCY: LEANNE Don Valley WOOD AM ROSIE WINTERTON MP MAJORITY: 21% YVETTE COOPER MP Opposition Chief Whip in the Leader of Plaid CONSTITUENCY: House of Commons Cymru Normanton, Pontefract CONSTITUENCY: LIZ KENDALL MP and Castleford Doncaster Central CONSTITUENCY: MAJORITY: 33.5% MAJORITY: 25% Leicester West MAJORITY: 21% SHABANA MARY LILIAN MARGARET MAHMOOD MP CREAGH MP GREENWOOD MP NATALIE Shadow Secretary of BECKETT MP BENNETT CONSTITUENCY: CONSTITUENCY: State for Transport CONSTITUENCY: Leader of the Green Birmingham Wakefield CONSTITUENCY: Derby South Party of England Ladywood MAJORITY: 6% and Wales MAJORITY: 61% Nottingham South MAJORITY: 21.5% MAJORITY: 16% Sources: www.parliament.uk, www.ukpolitical.info *For full list go to www.ipu.org †For more details www.guide2womenleaders.com NB Percentages/majorities rounded up 26 BRITAIN IN 2016 BRITAIN IN 2016 27 .