He new british prime minister, Keir Starmerwill oversee the Parliament more ethnically diverse and with more women than ever, after achieving a landslide victory in Thursday’s elections that put End of 14 years of conservative government.
Black, Asian and Latino lawmakers ethnic minorities will represent around the 13% of the House of Commons, compared to 10% in 2019when the United Kingdom last held parliamentary elections.
It will be the highest ever proportion of ethnic minority members in the Lower Houseaccording to a study by the analysis group British FutureThey also said that in the 44 years since the birth of the outgoing Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, minority representation in the British Parliament has gone from zero to almost one in seven legislators.
Growth of ethnic representation in Parliament
However, the percentage still does not fully reflect the diversity of the population and the electorate. Around 1,000 18% of people in England and Wales come from a minority black, asian, mixed or ethnicaccording to official data.
“The 2024 elections are a milestone for representation, with a Record diversity in our parliamentcloser than ever to that of the electorate,” he said. Sunder Katwaladirector of British Future.
“The irony that it coincides with the end of the mandate of Rishi Sunak as British Asian Prime Minister of the United Kingdom It only underlines how ethnic diversity has become a new standard in the main political parties,” he added.
The incoming parliament will include a record number of 242 female legislators, 22 more than after the last elections in 2019.
Source: Ambito
