The Tory party is failing to even keep the few women it got elected to parliament in 2010. Amongst retiring MPs, Tory women on average only remain in parliament one fifth of the time of Labour women.
The Centre for Women & Democracy analysis of MP retirement rates (read here) reveals that:
- retiring Conservative women MPs have served an average of 5 years
- retiring Labour women MPs have served an average of 25 years
- retiring Conservative men have served an average of 26 years