United Kingdom
House of Commons
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Bicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Historical data on women
Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government
Women's suffrage
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Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
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No information available
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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1918
Notes: 1918: The first woman elected to the House of Commons at a general election, Countess Constance Markiewicz, refused to take her seat in Parliament together with other elected members of her Party, Sinn Fein, as a protest at British policy in Ireland; on 15 November 1919, another woman was elected during by-elections
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Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
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1992
Women’s right to vote
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Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote. More than one year may be displayed depending on the status of the right: restricted or universal and changes in status.
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1918
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Restricted or universal suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
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Restricted
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Detail of restrictions
Suffrage: Restrictions detail
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Women over 30
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Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote. More than one year may be displayed depending on the status of the right: restricted or universal and changes in status.
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1928
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Restricted or universal suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
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Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
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Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election. More than one year may be displayed based on the status of the right: restricted or universal and shifts to the status.
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1918
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Restricted or universal
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
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Restricted
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Detail of restrictions
Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
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Women over 30 only
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Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election. More than one year may be displayed based on the status of the right: restricted or universal and shifts to the status.
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1928
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Restricted or universal
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
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Universal