Voting Collection (page 2)

Brazil at war with Germany, 1917
The scene in the Senate in Brazil when the unanimous vote for war with Germany was given, following the sinking of Brazilian ships. Senator Ruy Barbosa is speaking

Women candidates for parliament, 1919
Four female candidates for Parliament in the 1918 General Election, when women over the age of 30 were given the vote for the first time

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

Rise of the Labour Party in Britain by G. H. Davis
The rise of the Labour Party in the British Parliament over the course of 45 years, symbolised as a river growing wider and wider

Women voting in Russian election
Women in Russia voting in an election in January 1918, they were just given the right to vote the year before. Date: 1918

National American Woman Suffrage postcard
Postcard endorsed and approved by the National American Woman Suffrage Association: The ballot being denied to Wman is a Blot on the Escutcheon Because WOMAN has the right to vote is no reason why

Canvassing for votes, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Robert Cresswell, who operated the twice daily omnibus service from Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester and back, pictured with his supporters canvassing for votes during the Town Council elections

The General Election, 1924, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and H. H. Asquith the leaders of the competing political parties appear to be playing musical chairs

Suffragette as a goose
A superb propaganda postcard for Womens Rights, showing a goose in prison plummage, standing atop at bucket and speaking at a meeting of geese

American election cartoon with Uncle Sam voting
Cartoon by Clifford K Berryman entitled Anxious Moments, showing Uncle Sam voting in an American presidential election, about to drop his voting paper into the ballot box

A Finnish woman votes
A Finnish woman puts her vote in the ballot box at an election. Finnish women had had the vote since 1905. 1913

Political speech in Hampstead, 1940s
A candidate from the Hampstead Conservative Unionist Association makes a speech outdoors from a pedestal to an attentive audience of exactly two. 1940s

Before and After the Election
Before the election, the Candidate is begging the voter on his knees for his vote. Following the election, it is the voter who is on his knees, petitioning his (now) Member of Parliament

Gladstone after the Great Division
William Ewart Gladstone entering the House of Commons after the Great Division, which involved a vote of no confidence against the government of the Conservative Marquess of Salisbury

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 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

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 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

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

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

Suffragette Christmas Card
Topical Christmas card designed by Louis Wain featuring one of his famous cats dressed as a suffragette, waving a flag and carrying Votes for Women pamphlets in a bag slung across her chest

Saarland Plebiscite 1935
Counting the votes from Warthburg in Saarbrucken during the Saarland Plebiscite in 1935. 90% of Saar people voted for the Saarland to rejoin Germany

The Dock Labourers great strike in London
Top picture: Those who agree to this resolution hold up their hands." Bottom picture: On the contrary." A unanimous vote to strike at a meeting of dock workers outside the west India dock

Voting at a Soviet
The new Soviet regime gives the common people a say in their affairs - voting at a provincial Soviet

Women Recording their Vote for the First Time
Women voting for the first time at the 1918 general election following two decades of campaigning by suffragettes

A Parliamentary Election In The Nineteenth Century
H. Harral and W.V Bromleys impression of men voting by ballot in a Nineteenth Century parliamentary election

Voting at Bologna
The people of Bologna vote to join the united Italy

Women / Mockery / Voting
And if you vote for me you get six pairs of stockings and a lipstick

Miners Vote to Strike
Miners queue to vote yes to strike action

Cimon Ostracised
Cimon is ostracised by democratic vote

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

Voting for Pope 1903
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius X

Voting for New Pope
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius XII

Women Voting / 1918
British women vote for the first time

King Cash Always Wins
CARTOON: King Cash the habitual victor

Charles Stewart Parnell re-elected
Charles Stewart Parnell is re-elected as leader of the Irish Party, in Committee Room 15 at the House of Commons, Central London

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election

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