PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Establishment of the Women’s Caucus in Westminster (17 October 2024)

Motion Details

That this House agrees to establish a Women’s Caucus in the UK Parliament, which is the women Members of Parliament working together to advance issues that disproportionately affect women; notes that there are women’s caucuses in the devolved nations of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland; further notes that now is the time to establish a Women’s Caucus which focuses on issues affecting women across the UK and within Parliament, and aims to find cross party solutions to these problems; and notes that this Parliament has the biggest cohort of women MPs in its history and marks a significant moment to drive forward gender equality not just within the UK Parliament but across the entire country.

Sponsored by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
26
50%
 
 
Labour
17
33%
 
 
Scottish National Party
4
8%
 
 
Green Party
3
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (52 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Alison Bennett
Mid Sussex
SNP
Kirsty Blackman (Sponsor)
Aberdeen North
Lab
Rachel Blake
Cities of London and Westminster
LD
Alex Brewer
North East Hampshire
LD
Jess Brown-Fuller
Chichester
Lab
Dawn Butler
Brent East
LD
Charlotte Cane
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
Green
Ellie Chowns
North Herefordshire
LD
Victoria Collins
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Lab
Emily Darlington
Milton Keynes Central
Green
Carla Denyer
Bristol Central
Lab
Anna Dixon
Shipley
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
Lab
Cat Eccles
Stourbridge
Lab
Lauren Edwards
Rochester and Strood
Lab
Kirith Entwistle
Bolton North East
Lab
Natalie Fleet
Bolsover
Lab
Catherine Fookes
Monmouthshire
LD
Zöe Franklin
Guildford
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
SNP
Stephen Gethins
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
LD
Rachel Gilmour
Tiverton and Minehead
LD
Marie Goldman
Chelmsford
Lab
Jodie Gosling
Nuneaton
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
LD
Pippa Heylings
South Cambridgeshire
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
SNP
Graham Leadbitter
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
LD
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
Lab
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Mitcham and Morden
LD
Susan Murray
Mid Dunbartonshire
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
LD
Manuela Perteghella
Stratford-on-Avon
Green
Adrian Ramsay
Waveney Valley
LD
Anna Sabine
Frome and East Somerset
LD
Dr Roz Savage
South Cotswolds
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
John Slinger
Rugby
Lab
Kirsteen Sullivan
Bathgate and Linlithgow
LD
Luke Taylor
Sutton and Cheam
Lab
Dr Marie Tidball
Penistone and Stocksbridge
LD
Caroline Voaden
South Devon
Lab
Michelle Welsh
Sherwood Forest
Lab
Jo White
Bassetlaw
LD
Claire Young
Thornbury and Yate

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