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PARLIAMENT

If a black person was going to make it as Prime Minister they'd have to get into Westminster first. But how diverse is it?  How reflective is it of the wider public that it serves? How representative are our representatives?

 

 

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Non-white people make up 13% of the wider population however they only make up 6.3% of MPs in Parliament.

 

And while people of black African or Caribbean heritage make up 4% of the wider population, they only make up 2% of the MPs in Parliament.

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White people make up 87% of the wider population but white MPs make up 94% of Parliament

 

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