There are over 10 million disabled people in the UK. Disabled people are under-represented in all aspects of public and political life.

Please sign our e-petition to help increase the number of disabled MPs.

The e-petition "Allow MPs to serve on a job share basis" has now been published. It reads:

“We the undersigned recognise that for some disabled people (and others), a main barrier to being able to participate in public and political life is that it is not currently possible to job share as a Member of Parliament therefore we ask that the law be changed to allow MPs to serve on a job share basis.”

You can sign the e-petition at: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/17076

The Government has published its response to the ‘Access to elected office for disabled people’ public consultation, which sought views on how to provide extra support for disabled people who are seeking elected office.

The Government will take forward five of the six proposals it consulted on:

     Setting up an access to elected office fund

     Providing training and development

     Raising awareness of the challenges faced by disabled people

     Cascading good practice on disability access policies

     Promoting legal obligations

Operation Black Vote is a non-partisan political campaign that works through the democratic and civic framework to ensure greater racial justice and equality throughout the UK. There is no equivalent organisation for disability.

Funding is sought to develop a non-partisan political campaign that would increase disabled people’s participation in politics at local and national level. Help us to establish a support network for disabled people interested in entering politics. The campaign would drill down to constituency level and identify people in existing political parties who are willing to encourage disabled people to participate in political parties.

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