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Abstract
Recent debates within the gender and politics field have reflected a shift to consider how, when, where, why and by whom the representation of women's interests occurs (Lovenduski 2008). Indeed, Celis et al. have suggested that those who seek to act on behalf of women may not necessarily be female (2008). This possibility is significant and requires both conceptual and empirical analysis. This article begins this process by adopting a case study approach to comparing the ways in which men and women MPs articulate women's interests.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to thank Professor Sarah Childs for her comments on an earlier draft of this Article.
Notes
Critical mass refers to the idea that women politicians will be able to bring about change, in terms of output and style, once they make up around 30% of the elected representatives in a legislature (Kanter 1977).
Other gender neutral Bills included the Financial Services Bill and the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. The other implicitly gendered Bill was the Personal Care at Home Bill, whilst the other explicitly gendered Bill was the Crime and Security Bill which introduced domestic violence protection orders.