Women candidates and councillors
The share of candidates and winners who are women.
How it's calculated
Women ÷ all candidates; women elected ÷ women candidates; women ÷ all councillors after the election. The number of candidates with unknown gender is always shown, never dropped.
Worked example
A worked example will appear once candidate gender data is loaded.
Caveats
- Gender is not recorded by most result sources.
Where it's used
- Election Health (coming soon)
Other definitions
Vote shareChange in shareSwing (two-party, Butler)MajoritySwing needed to gainUncontested seatCandidates per seat / per wardContestation rateWinner's shareEffective number of partiesWinner's bonus (seats vs votes)Incumbency and re-election rateTurnout (three methods)Council control and No Overall Control (NOC)Majority at riskPsephology National Share EstimateBy-election vote trackerNotional resultIndex of changeSplit-ticket indicatorNational Equivalent Vote