UK 2015 election: searching for diversity

Why aren’t there more minority MPs in the UK parliament? Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) communities are now over 8 million strong, equaling the population of Scotland & Wales combined. But they’re politically underrepresented with only 27 BME MPs in a 650 seat parliament. To be representative of the UK’s diversity, an estimated 117 candidates would need to win on May 7.

In this episode of The Stream, we speak with: 

Simon Woolley @OpBlackVote
Founder, Operation Black Vote
obv.org.uk

 

Parmjit Dhanda @ParmjitDhanda
Former Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
parmjitdhanda.co.uk

Elsa Makouezi @spikedonline 
Writer, Spiked Magazine
spiked-online.com

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan
Director, Runnymede Trust

 

 

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