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Women's Equality Party | |
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| Abbreviation | WE WEP |
| Leader | Mandu Reid |
| Founders | Sandi Toksvig Catherine Mayer |
| Founded | 2 March 2015 |
| Dissolved | 17 November 2024 |
| Headquarters | Kemp House 152–160 City Road London EC1V 2NX[1] |
| Membership (October 2024) | > 5,600 members (and around 24,000 registered supporters)[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Purple Green WSPU colours |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Women's Equality Party (WEP) was a feminist political party set up in the United Kingdom in 2015. The idea was conceived by Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig at the Women of the World Festival, when they concluded that there was a need for a party to campaign for gender equality to the benefit of all. The launch meeting was on 28 March 2015 under the title "The Women's Equality Party needs you. But probably not as much as you need the Women's Equality Party". The party's full policy was launched by its then-leader Sophie Walker at Conway Hall on 20 October 2015. In January 2020, Mandu Reid took over as the party's leader.
The party had one principal authority councillor on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, elected in 2024.[3] It also had two seats on Congleton Town Council, where Kay Wesley served as the party's first Town Mayor,[4] and had a seat on Stinsford Parish Council.[5]
- ^ "View registration - the Electoral Commission".
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The Observer, October 2024was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Borough council elections held on Thursday 2 May 2024". Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Meet the Councillors". Congleton Town Council. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Results of Uncontested Parish Council Elections in Dorset". Dorset Council. 8 April 2024.