Voters Collection

Suffragette House that Man Built Policeman. Policeman has a suffragette in his grip whilst another attempts to bring her umbrella down firmly on his head

Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland - A. (at extreme right) is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters; B. is Judge Florence E

Socialism in Germany
There was an increase in Socialism in the German Reichstag in 1912. The 1912 elections saw the SPD retain its position as the most voted-for party and become the largest party in the Reichstag

LCC election leaflet, Conservative Party
Conservative Party London County Council Election Leaflet, 7 March 1946 Date: 1946

Polling Station, Referendum Day, 5 June 1975
Scene outside a Polling Station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, 5 June 1975. A Referendum was being held on the UK's membership of the EEC (now the EU), which it had joined in 1973

General Election 1857
Election scene. Taking place between 27 March - 24 April 1857, led by Lord Palmerston, finally won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative vote fell significantly. 1857

Women recording votes for the General Election 1955
Women recording the General Election votes, 26 May 1955, in Brixton town hall, London. The 1955 General Election, often described as one of the dullest of the post-war period

Cambridge railway station-arrival of voters 1847
Cambridge railway station and the arrival of all male voters for the Cambridge chancellorship election during the 19th century. 1847

Englands New Voters, 1928 - Caricature by Garretto
Impression by Garretto of the new women voters in 1928, the year in which British women finally gained electoral parity with men

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

When Women Vote by Charles Dana Gibson
The Suffragettes as the creator of the Gibson Girls Sees Them. " When Women Vote: After dinner the girls will have to listen to politics"

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

The Polling, Voting at an election by William Hogarth
3. THE ELECTION The Polling Date: 1758

National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage. Deputation to Mr. Asquith on Womans Suffrage. Cartoon shows the male voter in a lock, captioned, Good Heavens, if she opens that lock, I shall be drowned

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

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Voting by secret ballot
A parliamentary election, voting by secret ballot was only introduced in Britain in 1872 with Gladstones Ballot Act removing the possible intimidation of open voting

General Election Promo postcard for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid
The reverse of a promo postcard from January 1910 General Election for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid, Conservative candidate for Camberwell North who failed to defeat the incumbent Thomas James Macnamara

General Alexander Kaulbars (1844-1925) interrupted by voters
Alexander Kaulbars (1844-1925). General of the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer of Central Asia. Bulgaria. Sofia. Voters interrupting a speech by General Kaulbars. Engraving by Rico

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Vote to confer the life Cons
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I. Vote to confer the life Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte. Colored engraving

Suffragette Votes for Womens Sufferage. Types of voters include the hen pecked husband of the dominating suffragette wife and he is suffering! Date: circa 1905

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - Marazion Community Centre
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escorted by Area Manager for MSC Employment Mr David Sutherland go walkabout at the Marazion Community Centre. Date: 1980s

Taft on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - Giant Veg
William Howard Taft (18571930), on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - the card is entitled Prosperity due to the funny addition of piles of exaggerated-size vegetables

Elections of 1852 by Phiz
Two contrasting images of a successful party candidate leaning from the window of a tavern to receive the congratulations of his supporters

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

Creative ways of electioneering, 1910
A model dreadnought emblazoned with posters and the candidates names encourages voters in Taunton in Somerset, while boats in Portsmouth are smothered with posters for the Unionist candidate

The Election Campaign in Full Swing
Some curious scenes from the General Election campaign of 1910. The top left picture shows David Lloyd George making his way over the back wall of the Queen Hall Skating Rink in Peckham to address an

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

General Election: Confusion Worse Confounded
Three bewildered voters read the daily newspaper posters which give rather conflicting views on the status of their preferred political parties

The Coming of Labour
Front cover illustration alluding to the growing strength of the Labour Party following the passing of the Franchise Bill

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 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

Gladstone and the Midlothian Campaign - Meeting in Corn Exch
View of the Ladies Gallery in the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh during a meeting in which four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone undertook his tour of Midlothian during a US-style campaign

Election crowds in High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Crowds of people at election time in the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. Two general elections took place in 1910, in January and December

Large crowd listens to Mussolini
A wonderful shot of a large crowd in Rome, Italy listening to a speech by Benito Mussolini. Date: December, 1927

French Elections
After Napoleons coup, French voters choose their government. Date: 20 December 1851

Stanley Baldwin & Voters
STANLEY BALDWIN British politician, fraternising with members of the general public who may be induced to give him their votes

Bleak Polling Station
The entrance to a rather bleak and deserted Polling Station, with the " Directions for the Guidance of the Voters" pinned to the door

Churchill / Epping Electio
WINSTON CHURCHILL Electioneering at an open-air gathering of voters in Epping High Street in 1924

Wooing the Voters
Wooing the voters. Churchill meets Leicester footballers, Lady Astor at an open-air meeting at Portsmouth and Lloyd George canvassing in Lancashire

Voting / General Election
A general election scene in Britain before the introduction of the secret ballot: voters coming to the poll at Westminster

Election, Westminster
THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION : the hustings in Covent Garden, adjoining St Pauls church - market women watch as the voters choose between Evans and Rous

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

Opposing Lincoln
Supporters of M Clellan try to drum up New York voters to oppose Lincolns second term of office : needless to say, he will be re-elected despite their efforts

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