'Male Members' Get Sign After Ladies Mix-Up

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent

Parliament is edging its way into the 21st century. Step one - equal rights.

A door-sign in the House of Commons that has irked female MPs because it labels a room "members" despite being only for men has finally been changed.

The sign that appears to be for all MPs actually leads into a room where male members can get dressed. The equivalent room for women is signed "lady members".

Lisa Nandy said the labels baffled her when she arrived in Westminster as the new Labour MP for Wigan.

"When I was first elected I found a door with a sign that said 'members room'. Thinking it was for members I walked in and there was a male MP getting changed. And he said 'why are you in here?'"

Ms Nandy was a little put-out, asking why it was assumed that "members" meant men-only.

Lisa Nandy threatened to make her own sign changes

A few years later, she had the chance to push for a change when a member of the House Authorities came to interview her about "equality and diversity" in Parliament.

"I told him I'd been trying to get the sign changed for two years and if they didn't change it I was tempted to do it myself," she joked.

The officer decided to avoid Ms Nandy's do-it-yourself handy-work.

Instead, he took it into his own hands. To acknowledge the arrival of women in Westminster, the door has finally been changed - for "gentleman members" only.

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