The first 3 Labour women MPs, Susan Lawrence - 1923, Dorothea Jewson - 1924, Margaret Bondfield - 1923
The 6th of February marked the 90th anniversary of Royal Assent to the Representation of the People Act 1918.
This Act gave most women over the age of 30 the right to vote. Women finally achieved the same voting rights as men ten years later. The Equal Franchise Act 1928, which gave women the vote on the same terms as men, received Royal Assent on 2 July 1928.
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The Conservatives have 17 female MPs.
Labour has 97 ...still not enough we should be working towards 50:50.
At Lancashire County Council, County Councillor Anne Brown was the first woman to deliver the important budget speech as Cabinet Member for Resources and Performance.
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