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March 17, 2016

Support from MPs for the 50:50 Parliament campaign

In the United Kingdom, of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, men hold 459 (71%) and women only 191 (29%). There have only ever been 450 women MPs. The vision and the goal of the 50:50 Parliament campaign is a parliament where men and women legislate the laws together, in roughly equal numbers. Watch this video in which male and female MPs express their support to the Parliament 50:50 cause of parity. 

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In the United Kingdom, of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, men hold 459 (71%) and women only 191 (29%). There have only ever been 450 women MPs. The vision and the goal of the 50:50 Parliament campaign is a parliament where men and women legislate the laws together, in roughly equal numbers. Watch this video in which male and female MPs express their support to the Parliament 50:50 cause of parity. 

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