A record number of women are headed for Canberra

A record number of women are heading to Canberra

The 47th Australian parliament is set to make history with a record number of women heading to Canberra following the federal election.

Analysis by The Australian reveals women will make up more than 40 per cent of the 227 seats across both houses, following Scott Morrison's election defeat.

This is only the second time women have made up more than one-third of federal politicians.

Labor will have more women in its caucus room than men for the first time. The party will also have the highest number of female parliamentarians, with over 50 elected so far.

There will be more than double the number of women sitting on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government benches than the Liberal National opposition. The Coalition will have a minimum of 24 female members — one less than the 46th Parliament.

There will be at least 20 women sitting on the lower and upper house crossbenches, made up of minor parties and independents, including up to eight female Greens.

The number of men named Andrew (8) will outnumber Liberal women in the lower house — Andrew Charlton, Andrew Gee, Andrew Giles, Andrew Hastie, Andrew Leigh, Andrew Wallace, Andrew Wilcox and Andrew Wilkie. And that’s before you add in Liberal senators Andrew Bragg and Andrew McLachlan.

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