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Dolly Theis: It is the Conservatives who have brought about the big opportunities for women in Parliament

It was Lord Robert Cecil who brought in the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act of 1918 which gave women the right to be MPs.

By Dolly Theis | 21 November 2020 | 27 comments

Alistair Lexden: On this day, May 8, 75 years ago. Churchill’s VE Day statement in the Lords Chamber.

The great Parliamentarian then spoke to his colleagues from the heart. “Some Members wept,” Channon noted.

By Lord Lexden | 8 May 2020 | 21 comments

Brandon Lewis: Ten years ago, there were 17 women on the Conservative benches – today there are four times that number.

If you know a woman who would make a phenomenal Conservative representative, ask her to stand.

By Brandon Lewis MP | 15 June 2019 | 190 comments

Joan Seccombe and Fiona Hodgson: This year, we celebrate the founding of the oldest women’s political organisation in the world

Two former Conservative Women’s Organisation Chairmen on its centenary – “predating Labour’s Women’s Network by six decades”.

By Joan Seccombe and Fiona Hodgson | 9 March 2019 | 4 comments

Helen Whately: Why the Conservatives are the true champions of women

Ours is the party that believes in equality of opportunity, in everyone having the chance to fulfil their potential, irrespective of where you come from or who you are.

By Helen Whately MP | 8 March 2019 | 13 comments

Nicky Morgan: Conservatives helped to deliver votes for women. Now we should provide votes at 16.

By accepting that 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland could vote on their future during the Scottish referendum, we undermined the case for not extending the franchise further.

By Nicky Morgan MP | 12 February 2018 | 246 comments

WATCH: Nancy Astor – the first woman MP to sit in the Commons. And a Conservative.

“I think it’s amazing how well the men did for two thousand years considering that they tried to do it alone.”

6 February 2018 | 4 comments

Nicky Morgan: Almost a century after women won the right to vote, the battle for diversity in politics still rages

Too often, we still take our democratic rights for granted.

By Nicky Morgan MP | 31 July 2017 | 149 comments

Lewis Baston: Half a Government and no real Opposition – the general election of 1922

It was not entirely clear at the time that it had created a new political structure that would last for generations – with the Conservatives as the leading party of the state.

By Lewis Baston | 8 July 2016 | 5 comments

From Tory nazis to feminised Conservatives. An academic view of Party progress with women.

In 2005, the party still only had 17 women MPs. Ten years on, it is 68. The Universities are taking note.

By Andrew Gimson | 1 July 2015 | 7 comments

Anne Jenkin & Brooks Newmark MP: The Party needs more women candidates – and here’s how to get them

Unless there is a significant increase in women MPs at the 2015 general election, we will need to look at this issue in detail, and all options should be on the table.

By Anne Jenkin | 28 April 2014 | 57 comments

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