by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 5, 2021 | Democracy & Participation, News, What Local Politicians Do, What We Care About
I have been chairing the WLGA’s working group on Diversity in Democracy since the previous chair, the formidable Cllr Debbie Wilcox, was elevated to the House of Lords in 2019. Debbie was the first female leader of the WLGA council, a great advocate for equality, and...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 7, 2020 | Democracy & Participation, Equality & Human Rights, What Local Politicians Do, What We Care About
Overwhelmingly, older, white men are elected for public roles while other types of people are very unlikely to even put themselves forward. Two ideas help this situation continue. FIRST is the concept of: “the best person for the job”. Would you ever pronounce...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 7, 2020 | Democracy & Participation, Equality & Human Rights, What Local Politicians Do
Wales-wide conversations about how to increase diversity in our elected organisations have concluded that most people have a very, very poor understanding of exactly what local councillors do. We desperately need more women, people of different ethinic minorites,...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Jul 26, 2019 | Democracy & Participation, News
At the last Council meeting it was great to see so many people in the public gallery asking well-considered questions. Engagement like this is great for Swansea and the Council. Why was the gallery so full? Principally because the Council was due to vote on a...
