The UK General Election is underway, with the votes being counted and announced over the course of the day. 

One interesting development so far is that fact that the UK parliament will have its highest-ever number of female MPs after this election. 

The intake for 2017 has surpassed 200 female parliament members.

UK #GE2017 baby steps towards gender equality in politics with more women elected to parliament than ever before but still less than 1/3

— Podcast of Their Own (@podoftheirown) June 9, 2017

This just outstrips the 196 women elected to the House of Commons in the last election.

'It shows there is much more to be done to achieve gender equality in politics and public life,’ chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society Katie Ghose told The Metro.

‘Whatever the result on June 8 – and it looks like there will be a small rise in the proportion of women elected – parties need to up their game, not just for the next Parliamentary elections but for our local councils, metro mayor roles and institutions across the UK.'

‘We cannot settle for incremental change. It’s time for some real momentum on women’s representation in politics.’