There was a time when David Cameron said the Conservatives did not need all-women shortlists because they were selecting enough women without them. According to ConservativeHome, those days seem to be over.
The website says that, although up to 60 Tory MPs are likely to be women if Cameron wins the election, 85% of selection contests in the last six months have been won by men.
The candidates' department had hoped that intensive lobbying of association chairmen and compulsory shortlisting of women would have produced greater change. The dept is reportedly disappointed because they do not believe that further / tougher pro-women measures would be acceptable to associations.
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