Gender and the Conservative Party
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Politics
Abstract
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Publications
CHILDS S
(2009)
The Feminisation of the Conservative Parliamentary Party: Party Members' Attitudes
in The Political Quarterly
Childs S
(2010)
Constituting and Substantively Representing Women: Applying New Approaches to a UK Case Study
in Politics & Gender
Webb P
(2013)
Gender Politics and Conservatism: The View from the British Conservative Party Grassroots
in Government and Opposition
Webb P
(2010)
Wets and Dries Resurgent? Intra-Party Alignments Among Contemporary Conservative Party Members
in Parliamentary Affairs
| Description | Ongoing advising with key women in the Consv Party around women's reprsesentation and The Good Parliament (diversity reforms at the House of Commons) |
| Organisation | Conservative Party |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Multiple |
| PI Contribution | I have maintained the relationships with key Consv women in Parliament - in Commons and Lords; providing advice on recruitment; and working with them to achieve support for recommendations int my ESRC funded The Good Parliament Report. By working with these actors, there has been wider Consv support, including the Govt's decision to make the WEC permanent; and to see senior consv women MPs on the new Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion, est by Mr Speaker following my report's publication |
| Collaborator Contribution | as above |
| Impact | I'm an adviser to the new Commons Ref Group. The group has met as of March 2017, 3 times; a programme of action has been devised. Consv women MPs, being of the party of govt have been critical in taking the issue of WEC to the Leader of the House. |
| Start Year | 2015 |