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Women's Rights Party
The Women’s Rights Party is a trans-critical feminist political party. The party program emphasises that women’s rights are to be based on binary sex as opposed to gender identity. The party co-leaders are Jill Ovens and Dawn Trenberth. Ovens was a trade unionist and former president of the Alliance Party, while Trenberth, who had been a member of Labour, was also a trade unionist. The pair left the Labour Party in 2023, feeling alienated by increased hostility to trans-critical feminist perspectives. The Women’s Right’s Party was founded in 2023 and has never won a seat or entered parliament. In 2023, it received 0.08% percent, or 2,513 votes.
- Year founded2023
- Times in government0
- Current MPs0
- Number of electorates held0
- 2025 donations$9,650.50
- 2026 polling average<0.5%
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