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This is a list of women who have been elected as
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(MPs) to the
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1918 to 1935


1935 to 1950


1950 to 1965


1965 to 1983


1983 to 1997


1997 to 2010


2010 to present


Proportion of women

Numbers and proportions are as they were directly after the relevant election and do not take into account by-elections, defections, or other changes in membership. Instead, women who were initially by-elected to their seats and later successful in holding them at a subsequent general election are counted as having won the latter to serve full terms, if completed. Parties whose MPs have taken or took the whip from one of the major parties (
Labour and Co-operative Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidat ...
for the Labour Party and historically before 1974, in Scotland until 1965, or from 1950 to 1968 for the Conservative Party) have been included in the Conservatives' or Labour's totals.


See also

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All-women shortlists All-women shortlists (AWS) is an affirmative action practice intended to increase the proportion of female Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom, allowing only women to stand in particular constituencies for a particular politica ...
* Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918โ€“1945) * List of female members of the House of Lords * List of female political office-holders in the United Kingdom *
Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament. At 27 words, it is the shortest UK statute. Background The ...
* Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom ยง Women * Timeline of female MPs in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom * Widow's succession * Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom


Notes and references

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