Portraits of every serving female MP to go on display in Houses of Parliament's 209 Women exhibition

Female MPs will be celebrated in an exhibition to mark the centenary of women getting the vote.

209 Women will go on display in the Houses of Parliament on December 14 and includes images of every serving woman MP, taken by female photographers.

Project founder Hilary Wood said: “We will be showing MPs in a way they have never been seen before.”

The photographers, drawn from the fashion industry, fine art and documentary portraiture disciplines, have captured MPs at their desks, in St Stephen’s Hall and in the Commons Library, while others chose to be photographed in their constituencies.

Former minister Priti Patel is photographed in a wheat field wearing traditional Asian dress, while Conservative vice-chair for women Helen Whately’s image is taken in an orchard.

Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, said: “This exhibition will put women centre stage, acting as a reminder to never leave women out of the equation.”

209 Women is a free exhibition that runs until February 2019