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National Assembly for Wales

Scottish Parliament

Northern Ireland Assembly

Greater London Assembly

UK Cabinet

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White members

FIGURE 10.9  Ethnicity distribution in institutions of public life, 2020 Source: Uberoi and Lees, 2020: 14–20

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UK Cabinet

House of Lords

Northern Irish Assembly © Oxford University Press Scottish Parliament National Assembly for Wales English Local Authorities Northern Irish Local Authorities Scottish Local Authorities Welsh Local Authorities Police and Crime Commissioners

Women Men

FIGURE 10.10  Proportion of women in public office, most recent figures for 2016–19 Source: Data drawn from Taylor, 2018: 1 and Uberoi et al., 2019: 3–10

Assembly had the highest proportion, 32 per cent, of ‘ethnic minority’ members than any other for local or devolved government in the UK. But it still fell short of the total for the London population, at approximately 41 per cent (Uberoi and Lees, 2020: 20) (House of Lords: five of 798; Wales: three of sixty; Scotland: two of 129; Northern Ireland: zero; Greater London: eight of twenty- five; UK Cabinet: three members of twenty-five plus one non-member attending from ethnic minorities).

Similarly, the proportion of women holding various public offices beyond the House of Commons varies across institutions, as shown by Figure 10.10. For diversity among civil servants in the UK, see Chapter 3. In which institutions, and with regard to which char- acteristics, is diversity at its most and least extensive in UK political life?