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Europe > United Kingdom > Democracy

BRITISH DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 5.5 [20th of 140]
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Electoral system type plurality
Female candidacy 1,918 [145th of 161]
Female ministers 14.3% [58th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 17.1% [46th of 157]
Female suffrage "1918 ,1928"
First female parliamentarian 1918 (elected)
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment 0.999302769092674 Time series [32nd of 183]
Jew > Legal equality granted > Year 1856
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 59.4% [119th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 26,365,200 [15th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 57.6 [74th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 44,403,200 [13th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 45,804,100 [13th of 163]

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SOURCES: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva; calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.; Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Jewish Emancipation ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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