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Proportion of females MPs in the UK Parliament 1979-2017

Proportion of Female Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 2017

The data shows the proportion of female Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK from 1979 to 2017. As can be seen in the statistic, the proportion of female MPs has risen from 3% in 1979 to 32% by 2017. The biggest increase from one parliament to another was in 1997 when the proportion of women doubled from the 1992 Parliament's percentage. .

1979	3
1983	4
1987	6
1992	9
1997	18
2001	18
2005	20
2010	22
2015	29
2017	32

Proportion of females MPs in the UK Parliament 1979-2017

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