Welcome to The 40% Project Portrait Gallery, a unique photographic record of the women elected to the UK Parliament at the 2024 General Election.
Following the election, women made up more than 40% of MPs for the first time in British parliamentary history. To mark this milestone, the Royal Photographic Society's Women in Photography Group brought together more than 145 women photographers from across the UK to create a collective portrait of the women representing us in Parliament.
The result is an extraordinary collection of photographs, each offering a different perspective on the women behind the political roles.
This is a non-political project, celebrating representation, individuality and the power of photography to document social change.
Discover the women behind the photographs.
Browse the portraits alphabetically by MP surname. Each gallery entry features the MP's portrait, credits the photographer and offers an insight into the photographic sitting.
With 265 women MPs represented, the gallery has been divided into sections to make browsing easier and pages quicker to load.
Conceived by Sue Wright and Christina Osborne, The 40% Project was developed by the RPS Women in Photography Group to record a defining moment in the history of women's political representation.
Photographers from a wide range of backgrounds and experience took part, from students and emerging photographers to established professionals. Working across the country, they created portraits in Parliament, constituency offices, workplaces and locations personally significant to the MPs.
Each photograph reflects an individual encounter between photographer and subject, bringing together different approaches, experiences and creative perspectives.
Although not every MP was able to participate in a photographic sitting, all 265 women elected at the 2024 General Election are represented in the project's commemorative photobook.
The photographs have also been brought together in a beautifully produced hardback book, published by Image & Reality in collaboration with RPS Women in Photography.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters, our Kickstarter campaign raised £11,181, exceeding its £10,000 target and making publication possible.
The book brings together portraits of all 265 women MPs elected in 2024, creating a lasting photographic record of this historic moment and celebrating the creativity and contribution of the women photographers behind the images.
We are enormously grateful to the photographers, participating MPs, Kickstarter backers, project collaborators and everyone who helped make this ambitious undertaking a reality.
The hardback book is available to order for £30 directly from Image & Reality.
All photographs remain the copyright of their respective photographers.
