A record number of female MPs have been elected overnight in the 2019 general election, with a third of the lawmakers in the House of Commons now women.

Although some well-known women in parliament – including Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson – lost their seats, an historic number stood. Two-hundred-and-twenty female MPs will join the chamber when parliament reconvenes next week. And we now have newly-elected names to know including Amy Callaghan of the SNP (above, who unseated Swinson in East Dunbartonshire), and Lib Dem Sarah Olney (who took minister for international development Zac Goldsmith’s seat in Richmond Park). Wales also has its first three female Conservative MPs: Fay Jones, Virginia Crosbie and Sarah Atherton.

Election results 2019: a record number of female MPs have won seats