Today we remember Betty Boothroyd, who died in February 2023. This is the last in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. In 1992, defying 700 years of parliamentary tradition, Betty Boothroyd (1829-2023) became the first—and … Continue reading Betty Boothroyd
The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Dame Cheryl Gillan (1952-2021), who was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, is the only woman to have been Secretary of State for Wales. Before Gillan, … Continue reading Cheryl Gillan
The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. In 1987, following disappointing election results, a merger was negotiated between the Social Democrat and Liberal parties, which took effect in 1988. At the … Continue reading Ray Michie and Diana Maddock
The next in our series on women MPs by the House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Teresa Gorman (1931-2015) and Judith Chaplin (1939-1993) were both prominent Conservative MPs who actively campaigned for women’s equality and representation in Parliament. Both received … Continue reading Teresa Gorman and Judith Chaplin
We were very sorry to hear of the death last week of Shirley Williams. In honour of her passing we are pleased to publish this guest post on her life in Parliament by Oonagh Gay. Shirley Williams was first elected … Continue reading Shirley Williams and Parliament
We recently published a blog post on Constance Markievicz and Nancy Astor, which was the first in a series on the early women MPs – much more to come! This post by the House of Commons Hansard writing team introduces … Continue reading Women MPs, 1918-1997
A guest post from UK Vote 100 volunteer Oonagh Gay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of Nancy Astor. This November we are celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the election of Nancy Astor as the first woman … Continue reading Bessie Le Cras – counting agent for Nancy Astor
The centenary of the 1918 general election in December 2018 was marked by some new research into the seventeen women candidates. Our very own Vote 100 volunteer Robin Fell looked into some of the contemporary press coverage for this guest … Continue reading Making a stand: Women candidates at the 1918 General Election
Our first post of 2019 is a guest post by Oonagh Gay, UK Vote 100 volunteer Inspirational women of Wales A couple of years ago a task force called Monumental Welsh Women came together, and in May 2018 assisted the Welsh Women’s Equality Network to draw up a list of 100 historical Welsh women who epitomised and illustrated the achievements, talents and successes of Welsh women over the years. They announced a campaign to establish a new statue of an inspirational Welsh woman, sponsored by the Welsh Government. The campaign highlighted the lack of available images in Wales of women … Continue reading Women and Wales: Achieving Political Power
Guest post by Helen Langley One of the many highlights of the ‘Voice and Vote’ exhibition was the recreation of the Ladies Gallery (also known as “The Cage”) and the view down into the House of Commons chamber. After the … Continue reading Honor Balfour, Westminster and a Woman’s voice
UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament 