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# Where no woman has gone before
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/where-no-woman-has-gone-before/
- Published: 2008-02-07T13:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:39:20.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:31

**Jon Bright (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** This interesting chart from the [ERS](http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/?ref=opendemocracy.net) is worth drawing attention to (click on the image to be redirected to the full chart, in pdf form). It shows a few statistics on women in politics, the most telling being the constituencies in blue are ones that have *never* been represented by a female MP - as well as how little progress there was towards this before 1997\. The graph especially proves for me that unless Cameron adopts a serious positive discrimination policy - like all women shortlists - this map is unlikely to change colour significantly at the next election.