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Women are heavily under-represented among the UK general election candidates selected in Scotland, BBC research has found.

Fewer than three-in-10 standing for the five largest parties are female.

Despite First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's support for gender balance in politics, the SNP's candidates list is only 36% female.

However, the Lib Dems with 27%; Labour with 26% and the Tories with 15% show an even smaller percentage.

The Scottish Greens - who have 13 women standing out of the 31 seats it is contesting - are closest to a 50/50 split, but they have never had an MP elected in Scotland.

The Conservatives have the most male-dominated list. Fewer than one in six Tory hopefuls is female.

Of the 263 candidates selected by the five parties, 73 are women, representing 28% of the total.

The UK Independence Party has yet to announce most of its Scottish candidates.

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