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Women Only Shortlist for Labour Leadership Election
Published by David Tong on May 13, 2010
Closed on Jun 10, 2010
Closed on Jun 10, 2010
Target: Harriet Harman, Acting Labour Party Leader
Region: United Kingdom
Result:
This petition is now closed because the shortlist for the Labour leadership election has closed. Thank you for your interest and in particular to those who signed.
Background (Preamble):
A petition to enable women to rise to higher levels in British politics.
Petition:
Following the passage of the Equalities Act 2010, which legalises until 2030 the use of women-only shortlists for Parliamentary election candidates, we the undersigned petition Harriet Harman, currently acting leader of the Labour party, to restrict the forthcoming Labour party leadership election to women candidates only.
The Women Only Shortlist for Labour Leadership Election petition to Harriet Harman, Acting Labour Party Leader was written by David Tong and is in the category Politics at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: labour, leadership, election, all, only, women, shortlist
