Record number of women MPs!

[OlennasWimple]

208 - over 200 for the first time, though still not quite a third of MPs overall. But still - yay!

45 openly LGBT MPs, mostly men, but still - yay!

But a government being pinned up by one of the most regressive, misogynistic parties in the UK - boo

Yes, hooray, hooray, boo is about right.

Some of the new intake of women MPs sound like they have really intreesting stories behind them and will bring so much more diversity of experience to parliament.

Rupa Huq back as my MP is fantastic. Great feminist (asked Cameron if he was really a feminist with a disapproving look as her first ever question in Parliament), supports choice and has regularly turned up to oppose the abhorrent anti choice individuals outside the Marie Stopes clinic in our constituency, brought up the petition of a girl who lives in our constituency opposing sexism on the syllabus in Parliament (www.theguardian.com/education/2015/dec/16/a-level-music-female-composers-students-campaign-jessy-mccabe-edexcel) and much more.

So very much so, the more women MPs the better!

Yes, that number really was a bright spot for me yesterday! A mixed bag overall for women, but at least representation is heading in the right direction (still too slowly though!)

Yes it's good to see. Good to see people like Jess Phillips back with a strong majority too.

On the plus side they wont have any 'macho ego' issues and should be wary of any thing that has even just a whiff of 'putting the girls in their place' policies !

I just hope they remain true to themselves and don't get pulled into a male dominated vortex of ' maintain the status quo its the done thing love'