ethnicity and the vote

• Unlike the USA, there has never been a system that disqualifies voting on the basis of ethnicity - yet ethnic minorities are still under-represented in politic.
• • First 3 Black MPs in 1987
  • First Chinese and South Asian woman in 2010
• There are around 10% of MPs, in 2019, from a minority ethnic background, with the numbers increasing since.
• voter registration in minority ethnic groups was also lower; 25% of Black voters and 24% of Asian voters failing to register to vote