Women members of the UK House of Commons gathered in Westminster Hall on 2 July to mark 97 years since the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 granted women the vote on the same terms as men. The commemorative photocall was organised by campaign group Centenary Action, with each MP wearing a personalised suffragette-style sash hand-stitched by social enterprise Remake Newport and bearing her numerical place in the roll of women elected to Parliament. Speakers used the occasion to highlight the slow pace of change. Preet Kaur Gill identified herself as the 480th woman ever elected, while Sarah Champion is the 369th. Labour back-bencher Kim Johnson noted that fewer than 700 women—694 by her count—have served in the Commons since 1918, even though 650 seats are contested at every general election. Participants renewed calls for legislative and party-level reforms to achieve a gender-balanced Parliament by 2028, the centenary of equal suffrage. The celebration came ahead of a separate Commons debate on whether to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action, a move some lawmakers and peers compared with attempts a century ago to suppress the Suffragettes. Despite those wider political tensions, the day’s formal events centred on honouring past campaigners for women’s rights and underlining the work still required to reach equal representation in British politics.