Women cannot be forgotten in the upcoming general election as The Yorkshire Post’s latest Battleground Yorkshire report shows.
The importance of female voters is clearly illustrated by the seat of York Outer, which is estimated to have the highest proportion of women of any seat in Yorkshire. There are universal issues that affect both men and women such as the cost of living crisis and the state of the NHS. But there are gender specific issues that are not being addressed by the Government.
For example, women are on average more likely to be poor, depend on social security, and less likely to benefit from tax cuts, says Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget Group think tank. Women hold the key to electoral success. Labour found that with its focus on ‘Worcester Woman’ before securing a landslide in 1997. It’s not just the Tories who could end up feeling the scorn of female voters.
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