Gender parity has been called essential while the rate of change has been slammed as far too slow
A women's equality organisation has called for gender quotas in future Northern Ireland local government elections as just over a third of newly elected councillors are female.
The SDLP has 11 female councillors out of 39 , the DUP has 30 out of 122 and the UUP has 12 out of 54 . Gender quotas can involve measures such as requiring political parties to include a minimum proportion of women among their candidates in elections. "At the current rate it would take another five electoral cycles, or 20 years, to achieve parity at the polls.
Aoife Clements, founder of campaign group 50:50 NI which encourages women to become involved in politics, said more work is needed to increase the representation of women. "There are some wards including Ballymena where no women at all have been elected which is disappointing, but we are happy that overall we have more women on our councils."
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