With this news, of the oldest major UK wide parties, it is now only the Labour Party which hasn’t had an elected female leader.
https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak/status/1153324929569480705
Now every other major party, however briefly, has had a female leader, save Labour:
Tories: Margaret Thatcher, 1975
Plaid: Leanne Wood, 2012
SNP: Nicola Sturgeon, 2014
DUP: Arlene Foster, 2015
UKIP: Diane James, 2016
SF: Michelle O’Neill, 2017
Libs: Jo Swinson, 2019
Lab: N/A
Tories: Margaret Thatcher, 1975
Plaid: Leanne Wood, 2012
SNP: Nicola Sturgeon, 2014
DUP: Arlene Foster, 2015
UKIP: Diane James, 2016
SF: Michelle O’Neill, 2017
Libs: Jo Swinson, 2019
Lab: N/A
Even the Brexit Party, which has been around for all of five minutes, had one, briefly. Though clearly, she wasn’t elected.
As far as I can make out the next largest party which hasn’t had a female leader is the Ulster Unionist Party which has become pretty minor in NI.
As far as I can make out the next largest party which hasn’t had a female leader is the Ulster Unionist Party which has become pretty minor in NI.
Will add to the growing chorus of Labour voices who say the next leader must be a woman. For the self proclaimed party of equality, being in a minority of one ain’t a good look.
And shockingly, (forgive me, it’s technically my day off), I omitted the Green Party. I shouldn’t have done for many reasons, not least because they’ve had more female leaders than any other British party. Caroline Lucas (2008/2016), Natalie Bennett (2012) and Siân Berry (2018).
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