Hope for more women in South Yorkshire politics following general election
After Britain voted in a record number of female MPs - it's hoped more young women here will be encouraged to get into politics
It's hoped the record number of females elected to Parliament this year will encourage more South Yorkshire women to get involved in politics.
Over 200 of the MPs elected earlier this month are female, taking the number to a record high in Westminster.
Nikki Bond is the Women's Officer for Sheffield Central Labour Party, and she says it's a move in the right direction:
"We live in a representative democracy, it's important that women's lives and experiences are represented in Parliament because there's so many issues that affect women directly, and it's important that we have other women to stand up and be a voice for them.
"We've got women from all different backgrounds, we have more disabled MPs than ever, so I certainly think it will inspire women from all ages and all backgrounds to think about a career in politics."
The under-representation of women in politics is an issue MP Jo Cox was committed to tackling before she was killed last year.
The Jo Cox Foundation - which was set up in the wake of her death - has vowed to continue her work in the area.
Her sister Kim's told Hallam Jo would be happy with the number of women now in Parliament:
"She'd be absolutely over the moon - in her own words, she was a really big feminist, and equality for everybody is an area that Jo was passionate about."
Jo's husband Brendan agrees; he told us that it's a step towards achieving her aim of improving representation in Parliament:
"One of the things that Jo believed in was making Parliament more representative of the country, and it's taken another step forward in terms of gender representation this time, and I think that's a huge positive - I think she'd find that hugely encouraging."