Links

The Equality Act 2010: Guide for Political Parties

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/equality-act-2010-guidance-for-political-parties.pdf

Guidance for political parties on disability discrimination

Guidance has been published by the Home Office about ensuring that political parties do not discriminate against disabled people:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/equalities/public-political-equality/disabled-access-guidance/

The Every Vote! Counts project was set up because not many people with a learning disability vote in elections, get involved in politics or have a say in how the country is run:

http://www.everyvotecounts.org.uk/

MIND The All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, supported by Mind, Rethink, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Stand to Reason, has developed an election compact on mental health for the 2010 general election campaign.

http://www.mind.org.uk/media/273475/election-compact-on-mental-health.pdf

Operation Black Vote OBV aims to increase political representation of black and minority ethnic communities

http://www.obv.org.uk/home

Independent Living in Scotland - Supports disabled people to have their voices heard by policy makers, decision makers and others in wider society.

http://www.ilis.co.uk/independent-living-policy/new-policy-entry/politically-incorrect-representation-of-disabled-people-in-politics

Election access is a global initiative to enfranchise people with disabilities: http://www.electionaccess.org/

The international Foundation for Electoral Systems:

http://www.ifes.org/Content/Topics/People-with-Disabilities.aspx

Mental Disability Advocacy Centre

http://mdac.info/political-participation

Time to Change Campaign - MP related resources

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/search/node/mps