voting

6th February 2018 marks 100 years since women in the UK got the right to vote... kind of. In 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave votes to women who were over the age of 30, and householders, or the wives of householders, or university graduates.
Voting is a right every women, no matter their circumstances, should have – in the next century we need to make this a reality
We have launched the first ever Democratic Engagement Plan which sets out how we can increase participation from under-registered groups
'For too long these women have been silenced...'
'I just had to be carried into a flooded polling station. It's something biblical...'
You should have received your polling card in the post.
Know the candidates and manifestos before you got to the polling station.