Proportion of women in government cabinets in the UK 2004-2023

Published by D. Clark, May 10, 2023
As of 2022, the share of women in senior ministerial roles (the Cabinet) in the United Kingdom was 26.1 percent, compared to 21.7 percent in 2021. Since 2004 the share of women in the UK cabinet has fluctuated quite a lot, with 2006 and 2017 having the join-highest proportion of women in the cabinet at 34.8 percent.

Proportion of female cabinet members in governments of the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2023

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May 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Supplementary notes

With the exception of 2023 which corresponds to the 1st quarter of the year, figures are as of 2nd quarter of each year.

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