Women are beating men at the ballot box, but we’re far off gender equality in local government.
I followed-up my last analysis back in April with the updated @democracyclub.org.uk 2026 Local Election results.
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In the local elections, women out-polled men. Paradoxically, men remain overly represented. The reason is simple: no single political party managed gender equality in the number of women candidates st...
I took the full list of candidates in the Local Elections in May & undertook an approach to infer gender.
The analysis suggests little movement in the % of women standing for each party, but recent polls suggest a decline in the total % of women in local government.
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I analysed the list of candidates for the upcoming 2026 Local Elections to predict the state of gender inequality in local government
