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Women elected

How many women were elected at each general election since 2010, by party.

0%10.1%20.2%30.3%40.5%2010: 22.0%20102015: 29.4%20152017: 32.0%20172019: 33.8%20192024: 40.5%2024
Share of MPs elected who are women

2024: 263 women of 650 MPs (40.5%)

Women were 30.7% of all candidates.

2019: 220 women of 650 MPs (33.8%)

Women were 33.8% of all candidates.

2017: 208 women of 650 MPs (32.0%)

Women were 29.4% of all candidates.

2015: 191 women of 650 MPs (29.4%)

Women were 26.0% of all candidates.

2010: 143 women of 650 MPs (22.0%)

Women were 21.1% of all candidates.

Gender as recorded in UK Parliament election results data (from 2010).

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data