Consider the impact of women’s under-representation on local decision making.

Local government plays an important role in all our lives: it provides vital care and social services, influences economic development in our neighbourhoods and is a vital part of the UK’s democratic system, and local councils spend around £95 billion a year

Women make up over 75 per cent of the local government workforce – but only 33 per cent of local councillors, 19 per cent of elected mayors and 13 per cent of council leaders are women.