Get Involved in the Election


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For women who want to get active and involved in democracy in the run up to an election, without being a candidate.


How to Get Involved in the Election

What elections are there in 2024?

You may live in areas where there are local elections on 2nd May 2024. These include:

  • Council and Mayoral elections in England,

  • Police and Crime Commissioner elections across England and Wales

  • London Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections. 

There will also be a General Election for Westminster although the date has not yet been set. 

We need more women’s voices in every democratic space!

Find out how you can get involved active and involved in the run up to the election with our toolkit.


What questions to ask your candidates

Whether at a one-to-one meeting, or at a hustings, asking political candidates about their policy stances and local knowledge is a critical way to understand their views, call for change, and hold whoever is elected to account.

Our friends at the Fawcett Society have put together a list of questions that you can use when speaking with candidates on

  • Reforming childcare

  • Workplaces that work for women

  • Women’s political representation


How to find out if there are elections near you

Who Can I Vote For have created a resource that shows what elections are happening near you and who your candidates are. Click below to find out more. The site is updated as candidates are confirmed, so do check back!

Can I Vote is another excellent tool that supports those who aren’t British citizens to understand which elections they are eligible to vote in.

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