Ladies Step Up To The Plate - Labour Party Planning Female Candidate Surge

A piece of interesting news prior to the Labour Conference is that the Labour Party are potentially planning to field many more female candidates, effectively to be ready to contest the next election. In some instances, successful male candidates nationally are being asked to step aside allowing this transition to take place. The Party could in effect be fielding a 50/50 ratio of men and women by the time the general election comes around.

Although it seems a little unfair on male candidates following the impressive turn around in Labours fortunes, this is a radical idea, and we may end up with a parliament that reflects more accurately the population as a whole.