Massive thanks to Jess Phillips MP for hosting and Rt Hon Justine Greening MP (Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities) backing #5050Parliament #AskHerToStand launch at House of Commons last night! #AskHerToStand is a campaign to address the overwhelming gender imbalance in Parliament by encouraging everyone to ask the talented and inspirational women they know to stand as Parliamentary candidates; see http://www.5050parliament.co.uk/party-resources/ It was a fantastic event with some inspirational speeches from our fabulous cross-party panel of men and women MPs which included: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP (SNP), Caroline Lucas MP (Joint Leader Green Party ), Tom Brake MP (Lib Dems), Will Quince MP (Tory), Chris Elmore MP (Lab), Stuart Donaldson MP (SNP) as well as Sophie Walker (Leader Women's Equality Party) and Marylyn Haines Evans of the Women's Institute. There was loads of amazing twitter activity @5050Parliament and look at www.facebook.com/5050Parliament for more photos and film. Read Alexandra Topping's fab article in the Guardian to know what went on by clicking on the link below! Lots more to follow - it was so good! :) Frances, Hannah, Apolline, Dolly, Emily, Nicholas All #5050Parliament Team