Publications

We produce research, evidence and discussion papers on issues affecting women in Milton Keynes.

2024 Election Manifesto

Women and Local Democracy

In 2015 we published our first study exploring Women’s Participation in Local Politics, with a focus on women on Milton Keynes Council.

In 2020 we began work on a series of discussion papers. Discussion paper 1 Rethinking Equality for post-crisis times: a focus on gender reviews the state of gender equality in the policy and practice of Milton Keynes Council against the background of the Covid-19 crisis.

Discussion paper 2 Women’s participation in local politics: Milton Keynes Council 2015/16 and 2019/20 updates our earlier 2015 study, including a report of more recent research carried out in 2019/20.

In 2021 we began a series of annual papers monitoring the outcome of Milton Keynes Council (later City Council) elections in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Discussion paper 6 Women’s Participation in Local Politics: Milton Keynes City Council elections 2024, while focusing on the 2024 elections, also summarises results from our earlier monitoring, giving a picture of developments over time. If you wish to read individual earlier monitoring papers you can find these in our archive.

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