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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Women’s Equality party members vote to dissolve organisation

Mandu Reid, Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig.
WE leader Mandu Reid (centre) and co-founders Catherine Mayer (right) and Sandi Toksvig all backed dissolving the party. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

Members of the Women’s Equality party (WE) have voted to dissolve the organisation after nearly a decade of activism, with its leaders blaming challenging finances and a more polarised political landscape.

The move, backed by the WE’s leader, Mandu Reid, and the party co-founders Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig, was supported by 78% of members at the special conference, narrowly above the three-quarters majority needed for it to pass.

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