demographic structure of local councils 2015

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Demographic Structure of Local Councils 2015Demographic Structure of Local Councils 2015

Information and Analytical Centre “RATING Pro” has analyzed the composition of regional councils formed after the local elections 2015, in terms of gender, age, education, and employment. According to the research, the following conclusions have been made:

· Comparing to the local elections 2010 women’s representation in regional councils increased, considerable growth noticed in regional and district councils. The number of female deputies in regional councils increased from 12% to 15%, in city councils – from 28% to 29%, in district councils – from 23% to 24%, in township councils – remained unchanged (46%), in village councils – grew from 51% to 56%. However, remarkably stable is the trend that the higher the level of the council, the fewer women are represented there.

· The regional breakdown also showed some interesting trends. In particular, the farther to the East, the more women are represented in local councils at all levels, especially in the district, township and village councils (the absolute majority of deputies). In terms of women’s representation in councils, the leaders are the following regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia. The smallest number of women is represented in the local councils of Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Rivne, and Lviv Regions. At the same time, Lviv Region provided a relatively high level of women’s representation in regional and city councils, whereas, at the level of district, township and village councils – the region is among obvious outsiders.

· The analysis of list of candidates showed that almost all parties kept within the law of at least one-third women’s representation but it did not allow for the appropriate level of women’s representation among the elected deputies. This is particularly true for the local councils at the higher level. For example, in the lists of candidates for regional councils, the proportion of women amounts to 30%, but the proportion of women among the elected deputies is twice as small as 15%. In the lists of candidates for city councils of regional centers the proportion of women amounts to 33%, but the share of deputies elected among women was only 19%, in the city councils of cities of regional significance – 36% and 26% respectively, in district councils – 36% and 24% respectively. At the level of city councils of district significance, the actual representation of women was equal to 32%.

· Among the parties with 400 and more mandates (on proportional basis), the highest share of women’s representation among the deputies was provided by Opposition bloc (30%) Nash Kray (30%), Vidrodzhennya (28%), and Batkivshchyna (28%). The smallest number of female deputies is represented in Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" (22%), Hromadianska Pozitsiya (22%), Svoboda (22%), and the Agrarian Party of Ukraine (21%).

· The higher the council, the higher the level of deputies’ education is. 94-95% of the elected to the regional councils, Kyiv city council and city councils of regional centers have higher education. In the councils of regional significance cities the share makes 86%, in the district councils – 81%, in the city councils of district significance cities – 78%, in the township councils – 61%. However, the number of deputies with higher education in the village councils makes only 38%. A half of the deputies to the village councils have either secondary or vocational education. Whereas, in the vast majority of local councils, female deputies have a higher level of education than male deputies do. For example, at the level of regional councils the share of deputies with higher education among women is 98% compared to 95% - among the male deputies; at the level of village councils – 41% compared to 34% respectively. The largest number of deputies with higher education is represented in Samopomich, Nash Kray, and Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity".

· The vast majority (76%) of local deputies have a permanent job, retired – 7%, temporarily unemployed – 17%. The highest number of the unemployed is among the deputies of village councils: without permanent job – every fifth electee, of which every fourth is a male deputy and only every sixth is a female deputy. In the township councils the temporarily unemployed make 12%, in councils of district significance cities – 10%, district councils and the regional significance cities – 8%, regional councils and regional centers councils – 7%. Most employed belong to Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity", Agrarian Party of Ukraine, and Samopomich; unemployed – to Svoboda, Radical party of Oleg Lyashko, and UKROP, retired – to Opposition Bloc.

· The youngest deputies are represented in the city councils of regional centers – the median age is 41; the oldest members – in regional and district councils – 46 years old. The youngest members of the parties belong to Samopomich, Svoboda, UKROP, and Radical party of Oleg Lyashko. The oldest – to the Agrarian Party of Ukraine, Vidrodzhennya, and Nash Kray.

Igor Tyshchenko Chairman of “Rating Pro”,

Founder of Sociological Group “Rating”

Liubomyr Mysiv Political Expert of “Rating Pro”, PhD in Public Administration

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Verkhovna Rada

2014

2012 50%

50%

Regional Councils

2015

2010 50%

50%

City Councils

2015

2010 50%

50%

District Councils

2015

2010 50%

50%

Township Councils

2015

2010 50%

50%

Village Councils

2015

2010 50%

50%

11%

10%

15%

12%

29%

28%

24%

23%

46%

46%

56%

51%

Women's Representation in Local Councils at All Levels (in trend)

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Central Election Commission Data

17%

11%

17%

11%13%

14% 21%

13%11%

11%

14%

12%

15% 15% 19%

18%

15%

11%

14%

10%

14%

19%

Regional Councils

21%

16%

20%

18%16%

30% 24%

21%21%

25%

28%

24%

25%

18%

26% 25%

27%

21%

31%

29%

21%

21%

29%

28%

35%

City Councils

38%

30%

31%

21%20%

28% 29%

26%27%

33%

32%

28%

29% 32% 38%

40%

34%

32%

44%

39%

41%

32%

35%

44%

25%

27%

17%

17%18%

22% 23%

19%26%

22%

21%

22%

24% 23% 26%

28%

29%

30%

30%

25%

26%

22%

30%

33%

District Councils

61%

57%

42%

40%43%

52% 58%

56%61%

55%

42%

60%

55% 55% 60%

59%

60%

65%

67%

54%

65%

63%

67%

66%

Village Councils

51%

43%

33%

27%41%

33% 44%

39%48%

40%

26%

42%

38% 47% 47%

55%

55%

55%

53%

47%

51%

50%

60%

61%

Township Councils

15%

24%

56%

46%

regional centers, cities of regional significance

City Councils 32%cities of district significance

24%

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11% 21%

16% 35%

20% 44%

14% 33%

26% 61%

40% 67%

Women's Representation in Local Councils by Regions 2015

28.6 th. deputies elected on the basis of the proportional system

129.8 th. deputies elected on the basis of the majority system


Gender Quotas (30 %) Adherence Analysis and its Effectiveness

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female share in the list of candidates

female share in the list of the elected deputies

24%

32%

26%

19%

15%

36%

39%

36%

33%

30%

21%

22%

22%

22%

25%

26%

26%

28%

28%

30%

30%

31%

33%

34%

32%

35%

35%

36%

37%

39%

38%

39%

САМОПО МІЧО Б Є ДН А НН Я

УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ОБ’ЄДНАННЯ ПАТРІОТІВ

ГРОМАДЯНСЬКАПОЗИЦІЯ

АГРАРНА ПАРТІЯ УКРАЇНИ

Батьківщина

Parties with 400 or more mandates (proportional basis)

Central Election Commission DataStructure analysis of candidates and deputies to the local councils 2015 (proportional basis)

Opposition bloc

Nash Kray

Vidrodzhennya

Batkivshchyna

Samopomich

UKROP

Radical party of Oleg Lyashko

Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"

Hromadianska Pozitsiya

Svoboda

Agrarian Party of Ukraine

85%

46 years

15%

years44

95% 98%

91%

3%6%

88%

2%10%

81%

41 years

19%

years41

95% 95%

91%

2%7%

91%

2%7%

74%

44 years

26%

years46

86% 87%

87%

5%8%

86%

6%8%

68%

44 years

32%

years45

77% 81%

81%

8%

11%

83%

8%9%

unemployed retired people

employed

higher education

share

median age

Gender


employed

higher education

share

median age

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Demographic Portrait of Local Councils' Deputies 2015


Gender

67%

40 years

33%

years42

84% 85%

79%

5%

16%

74%

7%

19%

76%

47 years

24%

years47

81% 82%

85%

7%8%

86%

7%7%

54%

44 years

46%

years45

59% 63%

78%

9%

13%

83%

7%

10%

44%

44 years

56%

years43

34% 41%

67%

9%

24%

78%

7%

15%unemployed retired people

employed

higher education

share

median age

Gender

unemployed

retired people

employed

higher education

share

median age

Gender

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Demographic Portrait of Local Councils' Deputies 2015

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Демографічна структура депутатського складу партій

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Demographic Portrait of Local Councils' Deputies in terms of Parties

49 years

90%

higher education

share

median age

higher education

share

median age48 years

87%

48 years

87%

47 years

85%

47 years

85%

46 years

84%

46 years

83%

43 years

80%

43 years

78%

42 years

74%

40 years

74%

92% 92% 91% 88% 85% 85% 84% 80% 79% 78% 75%

5% 4% 7% 6% 7% 9% 8% 9% 15% 16% 18%

3% 4% 2% 6% 8% 6% 8% 11% 6% 7% 7%


УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ОБ’ЄДНАННЯ ПАТРІОТІВГРОМАДЯНСЬКА

ПОЗИЦІЯАГРАРНА ПАРТІЯ УКРАЇНИ




АГРАРНА ПАРТІЯ УКРАЇНИ


УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ОБ’ЄДНАННЯ ПАТРІОТІВ



АГРАРНА ПАРТІЯ УКРАЇНИ Батьківщина УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ОБ’ЄДНАННЯ ПАТРІОТІВ


employed


employed

Central Election Commission DataStructure analysis of deputies to the local councils 2015 (proportional basis)

demographic structure of local councils 2015

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