FACTOID # 5: The United States allowed women to stand for election in 1788. 132 years later, women were finally allowed to vote in elections.
 
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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)
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.; 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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COMMENTARY     

Robert McDonald
6th May 2005
Your figures even at present for the percentage and numbers of MPs for Northern Ireland's political parties is most certainly incorrect after today's count. The UUP is not larger than the DUP.

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