Last updated Monday, 22 April 2024
Not including sitting MPs, 47.5% of Labour candidates selected for the next general election are women. This includes seats where the current MP is not standing again (retirement seats).
61% of women candidates in England and Wales are graduates of LWN training programmes or workshops.
The Labour Party is in the process of completing the selection of candidates to fight the next general election.
See below for the list of Labour women candidates selected so far.
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 21 by-elections Labour either has contested or is contesting since GE2019, 38% of candidates were 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 resulting in a small overall increase in women in the PLP.
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 22 April 2024
(NB - all swings are calculated using notional figures for new constituencies published by Rallings and Thrasher in January 2024)
|
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 |
|
Knowsley |
Anneliese Midgley |
Lab held retirement |
|
Sheffield Central |
Abtisam Mohammed |
Lab held retirement |
|
Southampton Test |
Satvir Kaur |
Lab held retirement |
|
Warrington South |
Sarah Hall |
Notional Labour-held (currently Con-held) |
|
Cramlington & Killingworth |
Emma Foody |
Notional Lab (new seat) |
|
Croydon East |
Natasha Irons |
Notional Lab (new seat) |
|
Leigh & Atherton |
Jo Platt |
0.3% swing required to win |
|
Heywood & Middleton |
Elsie Blundell |
0.8% swing required to win |
|
Bangor Aberconwy |
Claire Hughes |
0.8% swing required to win |
|
Bolton North East |
Kirith Entwhistle |
1.3% swing required to win |
|
Chingford and Woodford Green |
Fazia Shaheen |
1.5% swing required to win |
|
Wycombe |
Emma Reynolds |
1.6% swing required to win |
|
Mid Dunbartonshire |
Lorna Dougall |
1.7% swing required to win |
|
Leeds North West |
Katie White |
1.8% swing required to win |
|
West Bromwich |
Sarah Coombes |
2.6% swing required to win |
|
Derby North |
Catherine Atkinson |
2.7% swing required to win |
|
Clwyd North |
Gill German |
2.8% swing required to win |
|
Hastings & Rye |
Helena Dollimore |
3.4% swing required to win |
|
Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy |
Wilma Brown |
3.6% swing required to win |
|
Broxtowe |
Juliet Campbell |
3.6% swing required to win |
|
Northampton North |
Lucy Rigby |
3.9% swing required to win |
|
Truro & Falmouth |
Jayne Kirkham |
4.0% swing required to win |
|
Milton Keynes South |
Emily Darlington |
4.7% swing required to win |
|
Clwyd East |
Becky Gittins |
5.0% swing required to win |
|
Glasgow North East |
Maureen Burke |
5.0% swing required to win |
|
Ceredigion Preselli |
Jackie Jones |
5.2% swing required to win |
|
Darlington |
Lola McEvoy |
5.4% swing required to win |
|
Redcar |
Anna Turley |
5.5% swing required to win |
|
Cities of London & Westminster |
Rachel Blake |
5.7% swing required to win |
|
Swindon South |
Heidi Alexander |
5.7% 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 |
|
Finchley & Golders Green |
Sarah Sackman |
6.0% swing required to win |
|
Norwich North |
Alice Macdonald |
6.4% swing required to win |
|
Ashfield |
Rhea Keehn |
6.8% swing required to win |
|
Shrewsbury & Atcham |
Julia Buckley |
7.0% swing required to win |
|
Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen |
Martha O'Neill |
7.1% swing required to win |
|
Penistone & Stocksbridge |
Marie Tidball |
7.3% swing required to win |
|
Barrow & Furness |
Michelle Scrogham |
7.5% swing required to win |
|
Filton & Bradley Stoke |
Claire Hazelgrove |
7.6% swing required to win |
|
East Thanet |
Polly Bilington |
7.9% swing required to win |
|
Hamilton & Clyde Valley |
Imogen Walker |
8.2% swing required to win |
|
Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke |
Pamela Nash |
9.2% swing required to win |
|
Wimbledon |
Eleanor Stringer |
9.5% swing required to win |
|
Wolverhampton North East |
Sureena Brackenridge |
9.9% swing required to win |
|
Blackpool North & Fleetwood |
Lorraine Beavers |
10.1% swing required to win |
|
Glasgow West |
Patricia Ferguson |
10.3% swing required to win |
|
Monmouth |
Catherine Fookes |
10.3% swing required to win |
|
Scarborough & Whitby |
Alison Hume |
10.4% swing required to win |
|
Bournemouth West |
Jessica Toale |
10.9% swing required to win |
|
Carlisle |
Julie Minns |
11.0% swing required to win |
|
Colchester |
Pamela Cox |
11.1% swing required to win |
|
Earley & Woodley |
Yuan Yang |
11.1% swing required to win |
|
Edinburgh North & Leith |
Tracy Gilbert |
11.1% swing required to win |
|
Ossett & Denby Dale |
Jade Botterill |
11.4% swing required to win |
|
Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Joanna Stallard |
11.5% swing required to win |
|
Great Grimsby & Cleethorpes |
Melanie Onn |
11.7% swing required to win |
|
Paisley & Renfrewshire South |
Johanna Baxter |
12.0% swing required to win |
|
Bathgate & Linlithgow |
Kirsteen Sullivan | 12.1% swing required to win |
|
Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch |
Katrina Murray |
12.5% swing required to win |
|
Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Alison Taylor |
12.6% swing required to win |
|
East Kilbride & Strathaven |
Joani Reid |
12.7% swing required to win |
|
Morecambe & Lunesdale |
Lizzi Collinge |
12.8% swing required to win |
|
North East Derbyshire |
Louise Jones |
13.1% swing required to win |
|
Bassetlaw |
Jo White |
13.2% swing required to win |
|
Worthing West |
Beccy Cooper |
13.3% swing required to win |
|
Stafford |
Leigh Ingham |
13.4% swing required to win |
|
Thurrock |
Jen Craft |
13.5% swing required to win |
|
Aylesbury |
Laura Kyrke-Smith |
14.4% swing required to win |
|
Nuneaton |
Jodie Gosling |
14.6% swing required to win |
|
Hazel Grove |
Claire Vibert |
14.7% swing required to win |
|
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston |
Hajira Piranie |
14.9% swing required to win |
|
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock |
Elaine Stewart |
15.1% swing required to win |
|
Rochester & Strood |
Lauren Edwards |
15.2% swing required to win |
|
Melksham and Devizes |
Kerry Postlewhite |
15.3% swing required to win |
|
Sherwood Forest |
Michelle Welsh |
15.7% swing required to win |
|
Woking |
Ese Erheriene |
15.8% swing required to win |
|
Kilmarnock & Loudon |
Lilian Jones |
16.0% swing required to win |
|
Gravesham |
Lauren Sullivan |
16.4% swing required to win |
|
Lowestoft |
Jess Asato |
16.4% swing required to win |
|
Stourbridge |
Cat Eccles |
16.4% swing required to win |
|
Gillingham & Rainham |
Naushabah Khan |
16.5% swing required to win |
|
Stoke-on-Trent South |
Allison Gardner |
16.5% swing required to win |
|
Isle of Wight East |
Emily Brothers |
16.7% swing required to win |
|
Kettering |
Rosie Wrighting |
16.7% swing required to win |
|
Cheadle |
Kelly Fowle |
16.8% swing required to win |
|
Reading West & Mid-Berkshire |
Olivia Bailey |
17.0% swing required to win |
|
Wellingborough & Rushden |
Genevieve Kitchin |
17.1% swing required to win |
|
Portsmouth North |
Amanda Martin |
17.2% swing required to win |
| Ayrshire North & Arran | Irene Campbell | 17.3% swing required to win |
| Aldershot |
Alex Baker |
17.4% swing required to win |
|
Derbyshire South |
Samantha Niblett |
17.5% swing required to win |
|
Suffolk Coastal |
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter |
17.5% swing required to win |
|
Fife North East |
Jennifer Gallagher |
17.7% swing required to win |
|
South West Hertfordshire |
Alex Sufit |
18.1% swing required to win |
|
Congleton |
Sarah Russell |
18.3% swing required to win |
|
Guildford |
Sarah Gillinson |
18.4% swing required to win |
|
Leicestershire North West |
Amanda Hack |
18.4% swing required to win |
|
South West Wiltshire |
Evelyn Akoto |
18.4% swing required to win |
|
Amber Valley |
Linsey Farnsworth |
18.5% swing required to win |
|
Bicester & Woodstock |
Veronica Oakeshott |
18.5% swing required to win |
|
Chester South & Eddisbury |
Angelika Stogia |
18.9% swing required to win |
|
Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine |
Kate Blake |
19.1% swing required to win |
|
Huntingdon |
Alex Bulat |
19.2% swing required to win |
|
South East Cornwall |
Anna Gelderd |
19.4% swing required to win |
| North Warwickshire and Bedworth |
Rachel Taylor |
19.6% swing required to win |
| Ely & East Cambridgeshire |
Elizabeth McWilliams |
19.8% swing required to win |
| Herne Bay & Sandwich |
Helen Whitehead |
20.0% swing required to win |
| Broxbourne |
Catherine Deakin |
20.1% swing required to win |
|
Aberdeen North |
Lynn Thomson |
20.5% swing required to win |
|
St Albans |
Sophia Adams Bhatti |
20.6% swing required to win |
|
Dorking and Horley |
Nadia Burrell |
20.7% swing required to win |
|
Torridge and Tavistock |
Isabel Saxby |
21.0% swing required to win |
|
Maidenhead |
Jo Smith |
21.2% swing required to win |
|
Wyre Forest |
Vicki Smith |
21.2% swing required to win |
|
Faversham and Mid Kent |
Mel Dawkins |
21.4% swing required to win |
|
North Cotswolds |
Anna Mainwaring |
21.4% swing required to win |
|
Witney |
Georgia Meadows |
21.4% swing required to win |
|
South Suffolk |
Rebecca Denness |
21.5% swing required to win |
|
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Pippa Smith |
21.6% swing required to win |
|
Waveney Valley |
Gurpreet Padda |
21.8% swing required to win |
|
Epping Forest |
Rosalind Dore |
22.1% swing required to win |
|
Thirsk & Malton |
Lisa Banes |
22.4% swing required to win |
|
Gainsborough |
Jess McGuire |
22.6% swing required to win |
|
Romsey & Southampton North |
Christie Lambert |
22.9% swing required to win |
|
Mid Buckinghamshire |
Carissma Griffiths |
23.1% swing required to win |
|
Daventry |
Marianne Kim |
23.4% swing required to win |
|
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge |
Jacquline Brown |
23.5% swing required to win |
|
South Cotswolds |
Zoe Billingham |
23.6% swing required to win |
| North West Essex |
Issy Waite |
24.0% swing required to win |
| Sevenoaks |
Denise Scott-Mcdonald |
24.1% swing required to win |
| Winchester | Hannah Dawson | 24.6% swing required to win |
| North Cornwall | Robyn Harris |
24.8% swing required to win |
|
Hinckley and Bosworth |
Rebecca Pawley | 25.2% swing required to win |
| New Forest West | Sally Johnston |
25.4% swing required to win |
| Kingswinford & South Staffordshire | Sally Benton |
28.8% swing required to win |
| Maldon | Onike Gollo |
29.8% 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].