Research & Policy Current projects Make this a zero-misogyny election Updated: 4th July 2024Original: 28th February 2024 Politics should be about policy based on facts, not misogyny, discrimination or division. Today, the Fawcett Society and the APPG on Women in Parliament (of which Fawcett is secretariat) are asking candidates to pledge to a zero-tolerance approach to misogyny and racist misogyny at the upcoming election. Women parliamentarians across the world are all too familiar with receiving misogynistic and racist abuse in their inboxes, on social media, in the press, and even outside their homes. With at least 64 countries due to hold national elections and approximating 2 billion voters heading to the polls, 2024 is a 'super election year' and it's never been more important to root out the misogyny that holds women back from full and equal participation in our democracy. Read the pledge below. Let's make this the year that we call time on misogyny in political life.If you're a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) taking up the call, contact Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer Zainab Asunramu for more information on [email protected]. At this General Election I will: Take a zero-tolerance approach to misogyny, including racist misogyny and any other forms of hate and discrimination in my campaigning and conduct. The Call to Action: We ask all candidates to: Endorse the recommendations of the Jo Cox Civility Commission Report Sign up to Centenary Action's Women Count pledge to support actions that will deliver a gender equal parliament by 2028 Urge the Electoral Commission to include specific section on misogynistic or discriminatory language and/or behaviour in the code of conduct for campaigners and indicate where the police might intervene in certain circumstances Call on the Electoral Commission to make a public statement that homes are not a campaign destination Call on all social media platforms to take immediate action on any reported hateful and/or misogynistic content and any mal, mis and disinformation, and ensure swift and effective removal of this content I've taken the zero-misogyny pledge: (Alphabetical by first name) Name Party Constituency Abdul Majid Tramboo PPC Independent Feltham and Heston Adam Pugh PPC Green Lewisham North Adam Shearing PPC Green Party Gloucester Adria Pittock PPC Green Party Ipswich Adrian Ramsay PPC Green Waveney Valley Ajaz Rehman PPC Independent Wycombe Alex Stevenson PPC Reform UK Amber Valley Alexandra Jenner-Fust PPC Green Party Thornbury and Yate Alexi Dimond PPC Green Party Sheffield Heeley Alison Thewliss PPC SNP Glasgow Central Alyn Smith PPC SNP Stirling and Strathallan Amanda Iremonger PPC Green Party Macclesfield Andrew Cooney PPC Green Party Maidenhead Andrew George PPC Liberal Democrats St Ives Andrew Page PPC Liberal Democrats Bury South Andrew Prosser PPC Green Party Witney Candidate Andy Brown PPC Green Skipton and Ripon Andy Konieczko PPC Liberal Democrats Melton and Syston Ann McGuinness PPC Scottish Green Party East Kilbride and Strathaven Anne Elizabeth Gayfer PPC Green Party Grantham and Bourne Annie McIndoe PPC SNP Central Ayrshire Arnold Tarling PPC Independent Eltham and Chislehurst Ash Jones PPC Green Party Belfast West Ashley Walker PPC Stockport Fights Austerity No to Cuts Stockport Attic Rahman PPC Conservative and Unionist Party Tottenham Barry Colin Duckett PPC Independent Bermondsey and Old Southwark Barry McKee PPC Green Party North Down Becca Horn PPC Green Party Hastings and Rye Becca Stevenson PPC Green Party Rugby Becky Jones PPC Liberal Democrats Bexhill and Battle Bill Powell PPC Liberal Democrats Monmouthshire Bob Eastoe PPC Green Party South Cotswolds Brenda Weston PPC Labour Taunton and Wellington Brian Wernham PPC Liberal Democrats Carlisle Brian Wernham PPC Liberal Democrats Carlisle Caitlin Stott PPC Scottish Labour Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Carla Denyer PPC Green Bristol Central Carla Parrish PPC Independent Stoke-on-Trent South Caroline Lucas (former MP) Green Brighton Pavilion Caroline Newton PPC Consrvative Henley and Thame Caron Lindsay PPC Liberal Democrats Livingston Cate Cody PPC Green Party Tewkesbury Catherine Deakin PPC Labour Broxbourne Catherine Joanna Rowett PPC Green Party South Norfolk Celia Hickson PPC Green Party Bradford East Charles Graham PPC Green Party Bridgwater Chloe Isobel Turner PPC Green Party North Cotswolds Chloe-Louise Reilly PPC Green Party Tynemouth Chris Bell PPC Green Party Leeds South West and Morley Chris Copeman PPC Green Runcorn and Helsby Chris Evans PPC Labour and Co-operative Party Caerphilly Chris Farmer PPC Reform UK Gloucester Chris French PPC Liberal Democrats Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Chris Furlong PPC Independent Heywood and Middleton North Chris Lofts PPC Liberal Democrats Corby and East Northamptonshire Chris Twells PPC The Liberal Party South Cotswolds Christopher Greener PPC Independent Tynemouth Christopher Thompson PPC RejoinEU party Pendle and Clitheroe Claire Bonham PPC Liberal Democrats Streatham and Croydon North Clive Jones PPC Liberal Democrats Wokingham Colette Walker PPC Independence for Scotland Party East Renfrewshire Damian Read PPC Independent Feltham and Heston Daniel Wilson PPC Green Cheltenham Darren James Longhorn PPC Yorkshire Party Leeds West and Pudsey David Coveney PPC Liberal Democrats Widnes and Halewood David Henwood PPC Independent Oxford East Declan Walsh PPC Green Party South Down Donna Murray-Turner PPC Taking The Initiative Party Croydon West Donna Murray-Turner PPC Taking The Initiative Party Croydon West Dr Dan Smith PPC Worker's Party Britain Battersea Dylan Lewis-Creser PPC Green Party Blackley and Middleton South Ed Deedigan PPC Independent Chippenham Edward Gildea PPC Green Party North West Essex Elizabeth Anne Dixon PPC Green Party North Norfolk Ellie Merton PPC Independent Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Elwyn Lloyd Jones PPC Rejoin EU Party Sevenoaks Emma Dent Coad PPC Independent Kensington and Bayswater Emma Holland-Lindsay PPC Liberal Democrat Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency Emma-Jane Phillips PPC Communist Party of Britain Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Ertan Karpazli PPC Independent Enfield North Fabian Hamilton PPC Labour Party Leeds North East Farooq Ahmed Siddique PPC Independent Bristol East Flick Drummond PPC Conservatives Winchester Frances Bonney PPC Green Party Milton Keynes Central Freddie Van Mierlo PPC Liberal Democrats Henley and Thame Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands PPC Scottish National Party (SNP) Paisley and Renfrewshire North Gemma Furnivall PPC Labour Party Fareham and Waterlooville Gillian Edwards PPC Independent Chester South & Eddisbury Gina Miller PPC True & Fair Party Epsom and Ewell Graham Gowland PPC Liberal Democrats Warrington South Hanna Andersen PPC Women's Equality Party Mid and South Pembrokeshire Hannah Nicklin PPC Green Party Sheffield South East Harriet Harman (former MP) Labour Camberwell and Peckham Helen Clawson PPC Independent Mid Cheshire Helen Maguire PPC Liberal Democrats Epsom and Ewell Helen Morgan PPC Liberal Democrat North Shropshire Helen Tamblyn-Saville PPC Liberal Democrat Bassetlaw Henry Van PPC Liberal Democrats Henry Wright PPC Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate Reading Central Hina West PPC Green Party North West Hampshire Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury PPC Liberal Democrats Watford Ian Chandler PPC Green Party Monmouthshire Ishtiaq Ahmad PPC Independent Rotherham Jai Singh PPC Liberal Democrats East Thanet James Frith PPC Labour Party Bury North James McDaid PPC Socialist Labour Party North Ayrshire and Arran James Michael Joyce PPC Liberal Democrats Forest of Dean James Sandbach PPC Liberal Democrats Ipswich Jan Davis PPC Green Party Broadland and Fakenham Jane Elizabeth Turner PPC Green Party Wallasey Jane Leicester PPC Green Party Wigan Jenner Clarence Joseph Folwell PPC Independent Brent East Jenny Wilkinson PPC Liberal Democrat Kenilworth & Southam Jeremy Spyby-Steanson PPC Green Hartlepool Jess Lee PPC Green Party Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Jo Bird PPC Green Party Birkenhead Joanna Collins PPC Green High Peak Joe Cronin PPC Independent Poole Joe Salmon PPC Green Party Bournemouth East John Anthony Hurst PPC Green Party Tunbridge Wells John Appleby PPC Liberal Democrats Tynemouth John Davis PPC Green Party Wyre Forest John Dowling PPC Social Democratic Party Mid Dorset and North Poole John Hall PPC Yorkshire Party Wetherby and Easingwold John Hannah PPC Independence for Scotland Party Bathgate and Linlithgow John Howson PPC Liberal Democrat Weald of Kent John Hurst PPC Green Tumbridge Wells John Pearson PPC Green Party Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West John Poynton PPC UK Independence Party (UKIP) Holborn and St Pancras Jonathan Essex PPC Green Party Reigate Jonathan Kent PPC Green Bexhill and Battle Julie Carter PPC Independent Ealing Central and Acton Julie Murray PPC ? ? Kamel Hawwash PPC Independent Birmingham Selly Oak Kamel Hawwash PPC Independent Birmingham Selly Oak Karen Trench PPC Green Party Birmingham Erdington Kathrine Jones PPC Socialist Labour Party Bangor Aberconwy Katy Loudon PPC Scottish National Party (SNP), Rutherglen Kayleigh O'Neill PPC Scottish Green Party Edinburgh North and Leith Kefentse Dennis PPC Green Party Birmingham Perry Barr Kerry Ann Vosper PPC Green Party Newport West and Islwyn Kevin Allsop PPC Independent Bolton North-east King Teare PPC Independent Newcastle upon Tyne North Kirsten Oswald PPC SNP East Renfrewshire Kulsum Hussin PPC Workers Party of Britain Croydon South Laura Marie Manston PPC Green Party Sevenoaks Laura Moodie PPC Scottish Green Party Dumfries and Galloway Lesley Backhouse PPC Scottish National Party (SNP) Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Lesley Veronica PPC Green Party South Antrim Lewis Younie PPC Liberal Democrats Airdrie and Shotts Lillian Jones PPC Labour Party Kilmarnock and Loudoun Lisa Smart PPC Liberal Democrats Hazel Grove Liz Jarvis PPC Liberal Democrats Eastleigh Lizzie Greenwood PPC Workers Party of Britain Manchester Withington Lorna Jane Russell PPC Green Party Highgate Lorraine Wrennall PPC Green Party Barrow and Furness Luke T O'Brien PPC Independent West Suffolk Maggie Fricker PPC Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Southampton Test Maria Miller PPC Conservative Basingstoke Marion Fellows PPC Scottish National Party (SNP) Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Mark Alcock PPC Liberal Democrat Bury North Mark Bailey PPC Green Party East Antrim Mark Johnston PPC Liberal Democrat Reigate Mark Worsley Tebbutt PPC Green Party Chorley Marsha De Cordova PPC Labour Battersea Martin Dimery PPC Green Frome and East Somerset Mary Robinson PPC Conservative Cheadle Matt Bell PPC Liberal Democrats South Dorset Matt Shouler PPC Rejoin the EU Party Melton and Syston Matthew Nathan Woolfall Jones PPC Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales Torfaen Matthew Snedker PPC Green Party Darlington Meg Shepherd-Foster PPC Green Party Cardiff North Michael Robin Kearney PPC Green Party York Outer Michael Welton PPC Green Party Bury South Mike Andersen PPC Liberal Democrats Edinburgh North and Leith Mike Martin PPC Liberal Democrats Tunbridge Wells Mohammed Sayeed PPC Independent Nottingham South Monica Harding PPC Liberal Democrats Esher and Walton Morven Ovenstone-Jones PPC Scottish Green Party North East Fife Mustaque Rahman PPC Independent Tynemouth Nancy Cole PPC Women's Equality Party Caerfyrddin Narinder Sian PPC Green Party South West Hertfordshire Natalie McVey PPC Green Party West Worcestershire Nathalie Bienfait PPC Green Party Poplar and Limehouse Neil Duncan-Jordan PPC Labour Poole Neil Kelly PPC Green Party Southampton Itchen Nicholas Davies PPC Communist Party of Britain Hastings and Rye Nick Cox PPC Green Party Scunthorpe Nick Durie PPC Alba Party Glasgow North Olli Watkins PPC Green Party Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Olly Glover PPC Liberal Democrats Didcot and Wantage Owain Sutton PPC Green Party Bury North Owen Cutler PPC Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales Rhondda and Ogmore Owen Lewis PPC Independent Monmouthshire Parham Hashemi PPC Workers Party of Britain Manchester Central Patricia Denvir PPC Green Party Lagan Valley Paul Christopher Kohler PPC Liberal Democrats Wimbledon Paul Kennedy PPC Liberal Democrats West Dumartonshire Pete Force-Jones PPC True & Fair Party East Wiltshire Peter Newman PPC Scottish Green Party Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Philip Davies PPC Green Party Torfaen Phoebe Gill PPC Green Party Bethnal Green and Stepney Pippa Bartolotti PPC Independent Newport East Poppy Simister-Thomas PPC Conservative and Unionist Party South Norfolk Rachel Bentley PPC Liberal Democrats Bermondsey and Old Southwark Rebecca Forrest PPC Liberal Democrats Bolton North East Rebecca Taylor PPC Liberal Democrat Walthamstow Richard Dickson PPC Liberal Democrats Rugby Richard Knight PPC Green Party East Hampshire Richard Mallender PPC Green Party Rushcliffe Rob Colwell PPC Liberal Democrats North West Norfolk Rob Logan PPC Labour Party Thornbury and Yate Robert William Watson PPC Green Party Louth and Horncastle Roxanne Green PPC Green Party Birmingham Yardley Ruth Gripper PPC Liberal Democrats Truro and Falmouth Ryan Kett PPC Yorkshire Party Skipton and Ripon Ryk Downes PPC Liberal Democrats Leeds North West Sam Al-Hamdani PPC Liberal Democrat Oldham East and Saddleworth Sam Coates PPC Green Party Cardiff East Sam Habeeb PPC Workers Party of Britain Ealing North Sarah Champion PPC Labour Rotherham Sarah Dyke PPC Liberal Democrat Somerton and Frome Sarah Jane Knott PPC Heritage Party Watford Sarah Olney PPC Liberal Democrat Richmond Park Sarah Ward PPC Green Poole Seamus McCauley PPC Green Party Orpington Shao-Lan Yuen PPC Green Party Clapham and Brixton Hill Sian Berry PPC Green Party Brighton Pavilion Sian Mulholland PPC Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland North Antrim Sid Cordle PPC Christian Peoples Alliance Hitchin Simita Kumar PPC Scottish National Party (SNP) Edinburgh South Simon Cross PPC Green Party Southend East and Rochford Simon Dodd PPC Liberal Democrats Portsmouth North Simon Jay PPC Scottish Green Party Bathgate and Linlithgow Simon King PPC Green Party New Forest East Stephen Anthony Psallidas PPC Liberal Democrats Blyth and Ashington Stewart Satterly PPC Social Democratic Party St Albans Susan Graham PPC Green Party Christchurch Tanushka Marah PPC Independent Hove and Portslade Teresa Needham PPC Green Party Broxtowe The Zok PPC Independent Wigan Titus Anything PPC The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Stafford Tom Crone PPC Green Party Liverpool Wavertree Tom Hill PPC Green Party Rawmarsh and Conisbrough Tom Morrison PPC Liberal Democrats Cheadle Vicki Helen Attenborough PPC Green Party Bolton West Vicky Ford PPC Conservative Chelmsford Vikki Slade PPC Liberal Democrat Mid Dorset & North Poole Vivek Chhabra PPC Independent Stockton West Wendy Chamberlain PPC Liberal Democrats North East Fife Wera Hobhouse PPC Liberal Democrats Bath Will Aczel PPC Liberal Democrats Exeter Zafran Khan PPC Labour Party Melton and Syston (Supportive Peers) Baroness Jones (Green Party) Baroness Lorely Burt (Liberal Democrats Party) Have your candidates taken the pledge? Fawcett have made it simple to demand your candidates step up to make this a zero-misogyny election campaign. Follow these easy prompts to write to candidates running in your constituency and ask them to take the pledge. Women cannot be ignored at the general election. Find out more about Fawcett's work around the 2024 general election Manage Cookie Preferences