Labour Women’s Conference 2026

Sarah attended the Labour Party Women’s Conference 2026 in Liverpool from 27–30 September as our representative for Ynys Mon CLP.

Sarah engaged in discussions on policy development, women’s rights, local campaigning, and the role of women in shaping Labour’s priorities.

If you’d like to attend an informal Women’s Group gathering in Anglesey please email: [email protected]

Labour has always been the party that turns women’s rights from slogans into law.

From the early 20th century onwards, Labour opened the door to women’s political leadership, appointing Britain’s first female Cabinet minister in 1929 and building the structures that brought women into Parliament in unprecedented numbers.

No achievement captures this better than Barbara Castle’s Equal Pay Act of 1970 — a landmark victory that transformed the lives of millions of women and laid the foundation for every major equality reform that followed.

And Labour didn’t stop there. The 1970s saw a wave of transformative legislation from Labour governments: the Sex Discrimination Act (1975), which outlawed discrimination against women in work, education, and services; the Employment Protection Act (1975), which introduced statutory maternity leave and protected pregnant women from unfair dismissal; and early domestic violence reforms, which began recognising women’s safety as a matter of public policy rather than private shame. These laws built the modern framework of women’s rights in Britain.

More recently, Labour governments have expanded childcare support, created Sure Start, strengthened domestic violence protections, introduced paternity leave, and passed the Equality Act — reforms that reshaped everyday life for women across the country.

Today, Labour remains the only major party with a majority of female MPs, thanks to decades of deliberate action to put women at the heart of political life.

Across every generation, Labour has been the party that doesn’t just champion women — it empowers them.