Tag: Rosie Campbell
‘Desperately seeking an elderly gentleman with a large majority … to persuade Parliament to allow MPs to job-share’
Or a woman MP for that matter, write Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs (Birkbeck). But they must be adored by their parliamentary and local constituency party so that both will be happy for them to stand as half of one of the first MP job-shares at the next General Election. We think it might take […]
Candidate selections for the General Election suggest that the political class is becoming younger and more diverse, but also more professionalised
There is a perception that Westminster politics is a self-serving career machine for the ambitions of a small cadre of self-reproducing politicians. To what extent is this view justified on the basis of the evidence? With six months until the 2015 general election Rosie Campbell, Chrysa Lamprinakou and Jennifer vanHeerde-Hudson assess the diversity of the parliamentary […]
This ludicrous obsession, parents in Parliament: the motherhood trap
The adoption of All-Women Short-lists by Labour and a concerted effort across both main parties to get more women into the House of Commons have had achieved notable gains for the presence of women in public life. Despite this, men still outnumber women four to one on the green benches. However the focus on headline […]
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