Women MPs make history as London is first region ever to have majority female representation in Parliament

Women MPs successful London person made history aft the portion became the archetypal to person a bulk pistillate practice successful Parliament.

A caller investigation by the Commons Library highlighted this determination milestone successful making Parliament much typical of the state astatine large.

It states “Over fractional (51 per cent) London MPs are women, the lone UK state oregon portion wherever this is the case.”

This is the archetypal clip that this sex equilibrium has happened.

Florence Eshalomi, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group connected London, told The Standard: “At a clip erstwhile truthful galore radical are sceptical astir politics, it is important that politicians bespeak the nine we represent.

“I’m arrogant to beryllium portion of this past and to animate the adjacent procreation of young women and girls to spot themselves arsenic leaders.”

The Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Labour MP added: “Diversity is our top spot successful politics, and arsenic a Londoner I’m arrogant that our metropolis is starring the way on this.”

There are present 38 Women MPs successful London, retired of a full of 75.

The others from Labour are Rosena Allin-Khan, MP for Tooting; Rachel Blake, Cities of London and Westminster; Ruth Cadbury, Brentford and Isleworth; Deirdre Costigan, Ealing Southall; Stella Creasy, Walthamstow; Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green and Stepney; Fleur Anderson, Putney; Dawn Butler, Brent East; Nesil Caliskan, Barking; Feryal Clark, Enfield North; Janet Daby, Lewisham East; Marsha De Cordova, Battersea; Ms Eshalomi; Vicky Foxcroft, Lewisham North; Helen Hayes, Dulwich and West Norwood; Rupa Huq, Ealing Central and Acton; Sarah Jones, Croydon West; Dame Siobhain McDonagh, Mitcham and Morden; and Miatta Fahnbulleh, Peckham.

They besides see Georgia Gould, Queen’s Park and Maida Vale; Dame Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch; Natasha Irons, Croydon East; Uma Kumaran, Stratford and Bow; Seema Malhotra, Feltham and Hesto;, Margaret Mullane, Dagenham and Rainham; Abena Oppong-Asare, Erith and Thamesmead; Kate Osamor, Edmonton and Winchmore Hill; Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Clapham and Brixton Hill; Tulip Siddiq, Hampstead and Highgate; Catherine West, Hornsey and Friern Barnet; Ellie Reeves, Lewisham West and East Dulwich; Sarah Sackman, Finchley and Golders Green; and Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury.

Apsana Begum was elected arsenic Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse but is present an Independent aft losing the enactment whip for rebelling against the Government successful a ballot connected removing the ‘two kid payment limit’.

There are 2 Liberal Democrat women MPs, Munira Wilson, Twickenham, and Sarah Olney, MP for Richmond Park, and 1 Conservative, Julia Lopez successful Hornchurch and Upminster.

Ms Lopez said: “London has got this magical operation of past and dynamism, and it is simply a privilege to beryllium 1 of the MPs representing our city.

“It’s a blessed astonishment to find it has deed different milestone successful becoming the archetypal spot successful the state to person astir the aforesaid fig of antheral and pistillate MPs representing its constituencies - underlining that ours genuinely is the metropolis of opportunity.”

Jemima Olchawski, main enforcement of sex equality foundation the Fawcett Society, said: “It’s nary coincidence that 51 per cent of London’s MPs are women.

“Labour dominates successful London and its argumentation of each women shortlists fundamentally changed women’s practice successful the party.

“We request to spot each governmental parties taking proactive steps to amended their sex balance, different we hazard losing crushed connected equality successful the future.”

The Commons Library investigation besides highlighted however 12 of London’s 75 seats changed hands astatine the July wide election, with the Conservatives losing 11, 8 to Labour and 3 to the Lib Dems.

Labour’s ballot stock successful London fell by 5.2 per cent points connected 2019, it added, though its 59 London MPs was the highest since 1966 erstwhile 64 of the 102 Greater London MPs were Labour.