#Votingmatters – LBC Women Leaders’ Debate
# V O T I N G M A T T E R S – L B C W O M E N L E A D E R S’ D E B A T E
At the LBC studios, Leicester Square, London.
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Last night LBC hosted the excellent Women Leaders’ Debate, which was refreshingly civilized and insightful. I went to the LBC studios yesterday morning, on behalf of #Emilymatters, to talk about women and #Votingmatters on the The Morning News With Lisa Aziz.
You can hear my interview with Lisa Aziz here:
Here is the complete list of the top 5 areas of concern to women and men in the UK’s general election (taken from the BBC Woman’s Hour poll, by TNS-BMRB), which I referred to:
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Four of the most senior female politicians in the UK took part in tonight’s 90-minute debate on LBC, in the first all-female broadcast debate of the 2015 election campaign:
Nicky Morgan (Conservative Party), Harriet Harman (Labour Party), Lynne Featherstone (Liberal Democrats) and Diane James (Ukip).
The last question came from Jasmine, a first time voter, who asked each leader to tell her how why she should vote for their political party.
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Here’s a summary of the responses to Jasmine:
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You can catch up on the LBC Women Leaders’ debate here:
More about Emilymatters:
- A social media campaign
- Includes my Emily Davison play ‘To Freedom’s Cause‘
- Supports & advances gender equality
- Particular focus on #Votingmatters for young people & women
The Emilymatters team includes young political activists and we continue to build partnerships with other campaigns and organisations, including the WEA, The Peoples’ Politics, Fawcett BSE and now mi-voice.
We’re planning the next stage of the campaign, working alongside @RegistHERtoVote, which will include an exciting new campaign to encourage more young people and women to vote.
And we’d love you to join us!
Get in touch. We’re on:
Kate Willoughby
Actor & Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play To Freedom’s Cause
A rising tide carries all VOTES!
