Women MPs, 1918-1997

We recently published a blog post on Constance Markievicz and Nancy Astor, which was the first in a series on … More

Bessie Le Cras – counting agent for Nancy Astor

A guest post from UK Vote 100 volunteer Oonagh Gay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of Nancy … More

The centenary of the 1918 general election in December 2018 was marked by some new research into the seventeen women … More

Our first post of 2019 is a guest post by Oonagh Gay, UK Vote 100 volunteer Inspirational women of Wales … More

Guest post by Helen Langley One of the many highlights of the ‘Voice and Vote’ exhibition was the recreation of … More

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman and Norah Runge: Becoming an MP, 1931-1932 Throughout a … More

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman Norah Runge became the Conservative MP for Rotherhithe … More

Today is the birthday of Norah Runge (27 September 1884 – 6 June 1978), an unsung interwar woman MP. To mark … More

We are delighted to post this piece by the Rt Hon the Baroness Corston, on her memories of the suffragette … More

We are very pleased to be able to publish this piece of ‘lost’ history which brings to light the Wigan … More