COVID-19 and Political Participation: Survey for women wanting to stand in local elections

Equal Power is a three-year campaign to get more women in all our diversity into politics at every level. As part of this, Centenary Action Group is working with 50:50 Parliament to tear down the barriers that keep women out of politics and public life.

To inform our campaigning, we want to find out more about how the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to less women being able to stand in May 2021 local elections. Please fill in this survey if you were planning to stand in the May 2020 elections.

Please complete the survey by 17th August. Thank you so much for your participation!

We will publish anonymous and aggregated results from this survey after the end of the survey period. We will only publish your name or contact you if you have given us explicit consent to do so.

If you have any questions, please contact Centenary Action Group Campaign Coordinator: swirsky@careinternational.org

Data from this survey will be collected in accordance with EU General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) rules. This survey is hosted by Survey Monkey and is subject to Survey Monkey’s privacy policy.

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* 1. Name and email address

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* 2. Are you happy for us to use your name when reporting publicly about your experiences?

Yes

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* 3. What is your ethnic background?

Black / African / Caribbean / Black British

Asian / Asian British

Multiple ethnic

White British

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Political party

Labour

Conservative

Green Party

Liberal Democrat

Women's Equality Party

Independent

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

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* 5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The impact of Covid-19 has made me reconsider my plans to stand in the local elections.

Strongly agree

Agree

Somewhat agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Somewhat disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Please use this space to tell us a bit about why you took this view

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* 6. What concerns do you have about standing for election? Please tick all that are applicable

Cost of childcare when campaigning

Lack of childcare/caring provisions if elected

Not having flexible working

Online abuse

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What impact has the COVID-19 crisis had on your future plans to stand for election in May 2020 with regards to finances and work?

Very positive

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Very negative

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* 8. Please use this space to tell us a bit about why you took this view

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* 9. Please add any other comments, including additional barriers to political participation that you face (e.g. as a disabled woman, woman of colour, woman of faith, LGBTQI+)

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* 10. Are you happy for us to contact you for any further details?

Yes