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APPENDIX 1

  This table shows the number of women elected for the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties in each General Election between 1987 and 2005, and (in brackets) the percentage of that party's parliamentary group that number represents.


Election
Con
Lab
LibDem

1987
17 (5%)
21 (9%)
2 (9%)
1992
20 (9%)
37 (14%)
39 (10%)
1997
13 (8%)
101 (24%)
43 (7%)
2001
14 (8%)
95 (23%)
5 (10%)
2005
17 (8%)
98 (30%)
10 (16%)





 
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