MoneyWeek UK banknotes campaign calls on Bank of England to feature more women on our money

With a current ratio of three women to 16 men since 1970, is it time the Bank changed how historical figures are selected? MoneyWeek has today launched its Noteworthy Figures campaign ahead of International Women Day, calling on the Bank of England to feature more women on the back of UK banknotes

Aphra Behn, Mary Seacole and Emmeline Pankhurst appear in front of UK banknotes (images: Getty Images)
Aphra Behn, Mary Seacole and Emmeline Pankhurst are just some of the women who could feature on future UK banknotes (images: Getty Images)
(Image credit: Getty Images)

In an Open Letter to the Bank of England's governor Andrew Bailey, MoneyWeek has called on the Bank to feature more women on the back of UK banknotes.

MoneyWeek's analysis shows that since the bank started featuring historical figures in 1970, we have only seen three women yet 16 men have featured.

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Henry Sandercock has spent more than eight years as a journalist covering a wide variety of beats. Having studied for an MA in journalism at the University of Kent, he started his career in the garden of England as a reporter for local TV channel KMTV.

Henry then worked at the BBC for three years as a radio producer - mostly on BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine, but also on major BBC Radio 4 programmes like The World at One, PM and Broadcasting House. Switching to print media, he covered fresh foods for respected magazine The Grocer for two years.

After moving to NationalWorld.com - a national news site run by the publisher of The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post - Henry began reporting on the cost of living crisis, becoming the title’s money editor in early 2023. He covered everything from the energy crisis to scams, and inflation. He also has bylines in MoneyWeek.