A new photo of the Labour Party has put the Tories’ electoral defeat in another, rather unflattering light.
All of the female MPs elected for Labour gathered for a historic image in Westminster Hall this week, making it pretty clear for their political opponents just how many of them there are.
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In fact, there are 189 female Labour MPs now – almost half of the total 411 seats it won in the election.
That’s more than there are Tory MPs (of any gender) in this parliament.
It’s yet another blow to the beleaguered Conservatives, who already endured their worst-ever electoral defeat.
Having secured just 121 seats in the election, the Conservatives now have 29 female MPs – that works out to less than a quarter of its total parliamentary party, a detail which did not escape Labour MPs and party supporters online.
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In 1924 there was uproar in the press when the newly-elected Ellen Wilkinson appeared in Parliament in a green dress. Goodness knows what they’d have made of Labour’s 190 women MPs a hundred years on! pic.twitter.com/L8x7rdnNIO
— Nan Sloane (@NanSloane) July 18, 2024
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In 1924 there was uproar in the press when the newly-elected Ellen Wilkinson appeared in Parliament in a green dress. Goodness knows what they’d have made of Labour’s 190 women MPs a hundred years on! pic.twitter.com/L8x7rdnNIO
— Nan Sloane (@NanSloane) July 18, 2024
