Since female Conservative MPs are currently retiring at a faster rate than men, this raises the prospect that the percentage of women on the Tory benches will fall after the next election, whatever ...

So far 68 constituencies in England that do not have a sitting Conservative MP seeking re-election have selected a Tory candidate to stand, but only 17 of those are women.

A private member's bill from a Conservative backbench MP is stirring up debate over abortion in Canada, even though the proposed legislation does not mention it once.

What 14 years of Conservative rule has done for women’s rights in the UK. ... However, not all Conservative MPs support these amendments, and decriminalising abortion does have cross-party support.