'Wags', 'Wives' and 'Mothers' ... But what about Women Politicians?
Abstract
The UK general election of 2010 should have been a critical one for women. But it was not to be. Despite all of the main political parties claiming to want more women MPs the increase in their number relative to the 2005 Parliament was just 2.5%. Women remain under-represented numerically in the House of Commons, constituting less than one-quarter of all MPs. The election campaign was largely women free too, as women married to politicians gained more attention than women politicians. Moreover, and despite enhanced inter-party competition over the women's vote—or rather, and more accurately, the votes of middle income mothers, otherwise known as the ‘mumsnet’ vote—women's issues and perspectives were marginalised from the campaign proper.
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The presence of news frames that highlight female politicians' gender has been well documented internationally.
“The presence of news frames that highlight female politicians’ gender has been well documented internationally (inter alia, Campbell and Childs 2010;Campus 2013;Falk 2013;Garcia-Blanco and Wahl-Jorgensen 2012;Heldman et al. 2005;Ross et al. 2013;Sreberny-Mohammadi and Ross 1996).”
From Intersectionality and Press Coverage of Political Campaigns (2017) · cites this paper as Campbell and Childs 2010
National newspaper coverage of the 2010 U.K. general election persisted in treating women unfavorably.
“national newspaper coverage of the 2010 election persisted in treating women unfavorably (Campbell and Childs 2010;Harmer and Wring 2013;Mavin et al. 2010;Ross et al. 2013).”
From Intersectionality and Press Coverage of Political Campaigns (2017) · cites this paper as Campbell and Childs 2010
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- Authors
- Campbell, R., & Childs, S.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Campbell, R.
- ORCID
- Childs, S.
- Venue
- Parliamentary Affairs
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-09-14
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 760-777
- ISSN
- 0031-2290 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2482
- OpenAlex
- W2086588738
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 10.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Parliamentary Affairs (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) (submittedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Keywords
- women politicians, 2010 UK general election, women's suffrage, women's issues, political parties, House of Commons
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