Women's Local Government Society

Raising the profile of past, present and future locally elected women

Our aims are to

To raise the profile of past, present and future achievements of elected women in Local Government.
To secure a greater representation of elected women in Local Government in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland through positive action, promotion, support, mentoring and lobbying.
To facilitate networking opportunities for women elected to serve local communities.
To ensure elected women of all political persuasions and of all communities and backgrounds are able to influence the work of the organisation and are encouraged to participate in it.
To emulate the spirit of its Edwardian predecessor in promoting the cause of women as local elected community representatives.
To encourage the return of real power to women in their local communities through elected local government and to support the development of meaningful local democracy
To celebrate the 1907 success of the WLGS in lobbying for legislation enabling women to be elected as councillors

2010 membership forms and details of the AGM planned for March 2010 can be found on the 'join us' page
better balance on the board. We ask questions about the representation of women on the managment boards of our local government bodies.
So many ways to talk. Our chairman leads one of many on line debates
A welcome debate at LGA conference. Details on our news page
Successful Manchester conference launches 'find a friend' initiative - read conference presentations
Patricia Hollis's speech
The keynote address given by Baroness Hollis, one of our 3 Presidents, at the first WLGS AGM on 10 March 2007 is available to download

In 1907 the Women's Local Government Society succeeded in lobbying for changes to the Law so women could stand as councillors anywhere. The revived Women's Local Government Society is celebrating the success of women councillors since.