Electorate Collection

Liberal Party Poster; Attack Poverty
A Liberal Party Poster telling the electorate to Attack Poverty by voting Liberal, from the 1920 s

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Our New Electorate - Votes for Women. circa 1918

Impressions of Englands new voters by Garretto, 1928
" Fluffy and Stuffy" - impressions of the new female voters of 1928 by Italian caricaturist Garretto. Rather unfair stereotyping with the pretty blonde on the left

The advent of women at the polls, 1929
Two sophisticated and fashionable ladies in heels, cloche hats and fur trimmed coats alight from a taxi at a polling station where they will vote for the first time in the General Election of May

Gladstone as Actor
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE In his actors dressing-room, he prepares the act with which he hopes to wow the Edinburgh electorate. Date: 1809 - 1898

The Morpeth Casket, or wine cooler. The casket was presented to Lord Morpeth by a large number of the electorate of the West Riding of Yorkshire following his defeat at the previous election

Abdulla advertisement
A young lady named Claudia reclines in a sofa, smoking an Abdullas cigarette. The poem underneath (F. R. Holmes) engages with one of the political questions of the day

Humours of Electioneering
Humorous illustration depicting a fresh-faced young farm worker casting his first vote in a General Election while a short-sighted gentleman marks his cross in another polling booth

The General Election 1895
A night scene in Fleet Street showing crowds waited for the results of the General Election of 1895. With no other way to obtain up to the minute news of results

Canvassing for Votes in Derby, 1910
Three images depicting candidates canvassing for votes in Derby during the General Election of 1910. At half-time, the Unionist candidates walk across the ground in the match between Derby County

Humours of the Elections
Two sketches showing humours of the 1892 election showing a canvassing costermonger in one picture and a modern Duchess of Devonshire in another

The General Election- The Perplexed Voter
A perplexed voter scratches his head in confusion as two candidates from opposing political parties canvas for his vote

The Declaration of the Poll
Illustration depicting a lively crowd scene in an unidentified town or city during the declaration of the poll in the 1892 General Election

Board of Guardians election leaflet, South Wales
A Board of Guardians election leaflet, urging the electorate to vote only for Jones and Morgan. Jabez Jones (the father of W E Jones) is pictured on the right

Gladstone a Welsher
The Welsher - Gladstone is accused by the electorate of welshing (i.e. going back) on his election promises

Disraeli / Reform Bill
Disraeli introduces his Reform Bill which would add more than one million voters to the electorate

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