1/3rd women MPs should equal 1/3 cabinet posts right? I don't think it's quite as black and white as that.
You could easily argue that if there are more women in top positions, women will be encouraged to run for more positions at every level, believing Westminster was no more a boys' club. More of them would then be considered by the committees picking candidates, new and talented female MPs would be elected, and then the number of women in top leadership positions would eventually be half without any intervention. But the new equilibrium would not be possible without action to enforce parity first.
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I don't think it's quite as black and white as that.
You could easily argue that if there are more women in top positions, women will be encouraged to run for more positions at every level, believing Westminster was no more a boys' club. More of them would then be considered by the committees picking candidates, new and talented female MPs would be elected, and then the number of women in top leadership positions would eventually be half without any intervention. But the new equilibrium would not be possible without action to enforce parity first.