| Why Lib Dem women face electoral meltdown |
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With the Government’s boundary reforms and seat reductions, it is likely that all three major parties will lose momentum in the race to achieve a 50-50 gender balance at the next election. But a toxic triple cocktail of political unpopularity, coalition populism and the legacy of past selection patterns means Lib Dem women MPs are facing political annihilation. In an article in the Fabian Review Gender Equality Special, Sunder Katwala and Seema Malhotra explain how, if the Lib Dems are genuinely committed to equality, they will have to take radical measures in selecting candidates at the next election.
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