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A number of MPs, journalists and campaigners are already supporting this campaign including:
John McDonnell MP
Heather Fisken -
Ian Murray MP
Caroline Lucas
Baroness Margaret Hodge
Jo Brand -
Lord Simon Woolley
Angela Mason CBE
Kamaljeet Jandu -
Frances Ryan
Sean Jones KC
Robin Allen KC
John Cavanagh KC
Mike Mansfield KC
Diane Kingston OBE
Michael Rubenstein
and many more...
On Tuesday 20th November 2012, John McDonnell MP presented a Bill to
Parliament to change the law to allow MPs to job share. No vote was taken.
Research has been conducted on public attitudes towards job sharing for MPs. It shows women and younger people are more likely to be in favour, also Labour and Liberal Democrats are more likely to support job sharing for MPs than UKIP or Conservative voters. You can read the research here. Why not write to your MP and tell them what you think about job sharing for MPs?
Meanwhile the campaign continues.
There are over 10 million disabled people in the UK. Yet there are only a handful of MPs who have declared that they are disabled.
Disabled people are far less likely to be in employment.
In the UK, the risk of poverty or social exclusion for disabled
people is also significantly higher than for non-
people.
You can read more statistics about disability in the UK here.
Disability Politics UK is campaigning to get the law changed to enable Members of Parliament to job share – a crucial step in addressing the under-
We launched a second e-
- Follow us on Twitter at @dis_politics.
- Like us on Facebook on Disability Politics UK. Once you’re there, invite friends.
- Email our web site to your friends. The further the campaign spreads, the more chance we have of succeeding -
https://www.disabilitypolitics.org.uk/.
You can read more about John McDonnell's Bill on our Parliament page here.
- Please write to your MP and ask him or her whether they support job sharing for MPs and let us know their response.
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In July 2024, a new Government was elected.
The Modernisation of the House of Commons was promised in the Manifesto of the Labour Party. Disability Politics UK considers this should include enabling people to stand as Job Share Candidates for elected Political Office.
Flexible working for MPs and Councillors was raised in the Centenary Action Group’s Report on overcoming the barriers to Disabled Women’s involvement in Politics. See page 5 here.
Disability Politics UK and the Fawcett Society sent a joint submission to the United Nations with recommendations as follows:
1. The UK should enact s106 of the Equality Act 2010 which would require the collation of statistics on diversity data at local government and Parliamentary level. This should be changed now.
2. The UK should amend electoral law to enable people to stand as job share candidates for the House of Commons. This should be changed before the next Parliamentary elections in the UK.
3. The UK should amend electoral law to enable people to stand as job share candidates for local government office. This should be changed before the next cycle of local elections in the UK.
4. The UK should re-
We hope the Government will reply to these recommendations later in the year.
The full submission can be seen -
The Fawcett Society published a report supporting Job Sharing for MPs, please see -