The question here is why are there not more female MPs?

She is also the first female MP to hold the seat.

With her a new generation of younger, often female MPs entered politics.

Bahrain elected its first and only female MP in 2006.

Diane is the longest surviving black female MP in this country.

Like many of the new female MPs, she refuses to let politics rob her of a family life.

She is particularly unwelcoming of sexist comments about female MPs.

As a consequence of this effort, the number of female MPs rose to 78 after the 2011 elections, from 48.

Change came slowly; in the 1935 elections there were only 18 female MPs out of a total of 395 representatives.

Women too gained representation; 19 female MPs were elected.