Want to be a politician? Change your name to Andrew

By Stephanie Peatling
Updated August 30 2016 - 3:09pm, first published 2:24pm
Member for Canning, Andrew Hastie, (top right) is one of the MPs with the most common name in Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Member for Canning, Andrew Hastie, (top right) is one of the MPs with the most common name in Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Government minister Christopher Pyne, the bearer of one of the most popular names in Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Government minister Christopher Pyne, the bearer of one of the most popular names in Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
New Labor MP Anne Aly - she is one of the five MPs with the name "Anne" in Parliament. Photo: Christopher Pearce
New Labor MP Anne Aly - she is one of the five MPs with the name "Anne" in Parliament. Photo: Christopher Pearce

A man called Andrew, David, Steven, Anthony or Christopher is more likely to be sitting on the benches of federal Parliament than a woman despite women making up more than half of the population.

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