Last updated Monday, 27 November 2023
Not including sitting MPs, 45% of Labour candidates selected for the next general election are women. This includes seats where the current MP is not standing again.
67% of women candidates in England and Wales are graduates of LWN training programmes or workshops.
See below for the list of Labour women candidates selected so far.
The Labour Party is in the process of selecting candidates mainly in two types of seat:
- those which are currently held by another political party, but which Labour could reasonably hope to win at the next general election, and
- those in which the sitting Labour MP has announced their intention not to stand at the next election.
LWN's analysis covers seats in England, Scotland and Wales.
From June 2023 onwards all selections are on the new boundaries which are likely to be in force at the next general election.
By-election Candidates: Candidates selected in seats where parliamentary by-elections have either taken place or are forthcoming have not been included in the main calculation.
Of the 19 by-elections Labour either has contested or is contesting since GE2019, 42% of candidates are women.
Successful by-election candidates become members of the Parliamentary Labour Party and have the right to be the candidate without further selection process at the next general election. Currently 50% of new Labour MPs elected at by-elections since GE2019 are women.
Trigger Ballots: In Labour-held seats, sitting Members of Parliament are subject to a trigger ballot to enable members in that Constituency Labour Party to decide whether to reselect their MP unopposed, or whether they should invite other candidates to stand and run a full selection process. Constituencies where the MP has successfully passed the trigger, or where the trigger ballot has yet to take place, are not included in these figures or the List of Women Candidates below, but will be included once all selections have been completed nearer the election. Constituencies where the sitting MP has failed the trigger ballot will be included as and when the resulting selection processes occur.
Incumbent MPs: Currently, 52% of Labour MPs are women, and it is probable that, as in previous elections, the great majority of incumbents will stand again at the next election. The list below does not include incumbent Labour women MPs.
Labour women candidates selected as at 27 November, 2023.
(NB - constituencies selecting since June on new boundaries are ranked below by numerical size of notional majority - where available - rather than 'swing to win'.)
|
Constituency |
Selected |
Type |
|
Camberwell & Peckham |
Miatta Fahnbulleh |
Lab held retirement |
|
Dagenham & Rainham |
Margaret Mullane |
Lab held retirement |
|
Doncaster Central |
Sally Jameson |
Lab held retirement |
|
Huddersfield |
Harpreet Uppal |
Lab held retirement |
|
Sheffield Central |
Abtisam Mohammed |
Lab held retirement |
|
Southampton Test |
Satvir Kaur |
Lab held retirement |
|
Wimbledon |
Eleanor Stringer |
Notional Con majority 64 |
|
Bangor Aberconwy |
Claire Hughes |
Notional Con majority 153 |
|
Ceredigion Preselli |
Jackie Jones |
Notional Plaid Cymru majority 1,202 |
|
Leeds North West |
Katie White |
Notional Con majority 1,860 |
|
Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen |
Martha O'Neill |
Notional Con majority 4,725 |
|
Clwyd North |
Gill German |
Notional Con majority 4,811 |
|
Clwyd East |
Becky Gittins |
Notional Con majority 5,727 |
|
Aberdeen North |
Lynn Thomson |
Notional SNP majority 6,290 |
|
Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Joanna Stallard |
Notional PC majority 9,146 |
|
Blackpool North & Fleetwood |
Lorraine Beavers |
Notional Con majority 9,218 |
|
Ossett & Denby Dale |
Jade Botterill |
Notional Con majority 10,550 |
|
North East Derbyshire |
Louise Jones |
Notional Con majority 12,882 |
|
Morecambe & Lunesdale |
Lizzi Collinge |
Notional Con majority 13,165 |
|
Rochester & Strood |
Lauren Edwards |
Notional Con majority 14,700 |
|
Worthing West |
Beccy Cooper |
Notional Con majority 14,992 |
|
Gillingham & Rainham |
Naushabah Khan |
Notional Con majority 15,119 |
|
Stoke-on-Trent South |
Allison Gardner |
Notional Com majority 15,870 |
|
Derbyshire South |
Samantha Niblett |
Notional Con majority 16,515 |
|
Amber Valley |
Linsey Farnsworth |
Notional Con majority 16,897 |
|
Kettering |
Rosie Wrighting |
Notional Con majority 17,345 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
Lorna Dougall |
0.2% swing required to win |
|
Bolton North East |
Kirith Entwhistle |
0.4% swing required to win |
|
Heywood & Middleton |
Elsie Blundell |
0.7% swing required to win |
|
Chingford and Woodford Green |
Fazia Shaheen |
1.3% swing required to win |
|
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath |
Wilma Brown |
1.3% swing required to win |
|
Warrington South |
Sarah Hall |
1.6% swing required to win |
|
Leigh |
Jo Platt |
2.1% swing required to win |
|
West Bromwich East |
Sarah Coombes |
2.2% swing required to win |
|
Derby North |
Catherine Atkinson |
2.7% swing required to win |
|
Hastings & Rye |
Helena Dollimore |
3.7% swing required to win |
|
Darlington |
Lola McEvoy |
3.8% swing required to win |
|
Glasgow North East |
Maureen Burke |
3.8% swing required to win |
|
Truro & Falmouth |
Jayne Kirkham |
3.9% swing required to win |
|
Wycombe |
Emma Reynolds |
3.9% swing required to win |
|
Broxtowe |
Juliet Campbell |
4.8% swing required to win |
|
Norwich North |
Alice Macdonald |
5.1% swing required to win |
|
Filton & Bradley Stoke |
Claire Hazelgrove |
5.5% swing required to win |
|
Milton Keynes South |
Emily Darlington |
5.4% swing required to win |
|
Bolsover |
Natalie Fleet |
5.8% swing required to win |
|
Shipley |
Anna Dixon |
5.8% swing required to win |
|
Midlothian |
Kirsty McNeill |
5.9% swing required to win |
|
Wolverhampton North East |
Sureena Brackenridge |
6.0% swing required to win |
|
Barrow & Furness |
Michelle Scrogham |
6.3% swing required to win |
|
Cities of Westminster & London |
Rachel Blake |
6.4% swing required to win |
|
Swindon South |
Heidi Alexander |
6.5% swing required to win |
|
Northampton North |
Lucy Rigby |
7.0% swing required to win |
|
Motherwell & Wishaw |
Pamela Nash |
7.1% swing required to win |
|
Penistone & Stocksbridge |
Marie Tidball |
7.3% swing required to win |
|
Glasgow Central |
Roisin McKenna |
8.1% swing required to win |
|
Colchester |
Pamela Cox |
8.8% swing required to win |
|
Carlisle |
Julie Minns |
8.7% swing required to win |
|
Shrewsbury & Atcham |
Julia Buckley |
9.5% swing required to win |
|
Finchley & Golders Green |
Sarah Sackman |
9.8% swing required to win |
|
Monmouth |
Catherine Fookes |
9.9% swing required to win |
|
Scarborough & Whitby |
Alison Hume |
10.3% swing required to win |
|
Glasgow North East |
Patricia Ferguson |
10.5% swing required to win |
|
Edinburgh North & Leith |
Tracy Gilbert |
10.8% swing required to win |
|
Thanet South |
Polly Bilington |
11.0% swing required to win |
|
Bournemouth West |
Jessica Toale |
11.0% swing required to win |
|
Great Grimsby |
Melanie Onn |
11.1% swing required to win |
|
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow |
Joani Reid |
11.8% swing required to win |
|
Lanark & Hamilton East |
Imogen Walker |
11.9% swing required to win |
|
Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Alison Taylor |
12.0% swing required to win |
|
Thurrock |
Jen Craft |
12.1% swing required to win |
|
Bassetlaw |
Jo White |
13.8% swing required to win |
|
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East |
Katrina Murray |
14.2% swing required to win |
|
Gravesham |
Lauren Sullivan |
16.4% swing required to win |
|
Waveney |
Jess Asato |
17.6% swing required to win |
|
Wellingborough |
Genevieve Kitchin |
17.8% swing required to win |
|
Leicestershire North West |
Amanda Hack |
18.9% swing required to win |
We aim to update this page weekly on Mondays, unless no selections have taken place during the preceding 7 days. If you know of any women candidates who are not on this list, please let us know at [email protected].