women over the age of 30 who met property qualifications got the right to vote in the uk on 2 july 1928.
women over the age of 30 who met property qualifications got the right to vote in the uk on 2 july 1928.
when did women over the age of 30 who met property qualifications get the right to vote in the uk?
2 july 1928
on 6 february 1918, the representation of the people act 1918 was passed, enfranchising women over the age of 30 who met minimum property qualifications. about 8.4 million women gained the vote in great britain and ireland. in november 1918, the parliament (qualification of women) act 1918 was passed, allowing women to be elected into parliament. the representation of the people (equal franchise) act 1928 extended the franchise in great britain and northern ireland to all women over the age of 21, granting women the vote on the same terms as men.
women's suffrage
in the transvaal and the orange free state the vote was limited by law to white men over the age of 21. in natal the vote was limited to men over 21 who met property and literacy qualifications; in theory this could include non-white men but in practice only very small numbers managed to qualify: in 1910 over 99% of the electorate was white. in the cape province the franchise was also limited to men over 21 who met property and literacy qualifications, and non-white men did qualify in significant numbers, making up approximately 15% of the electorate in 1910. the qualifications in the cape and natal also excluded a substantial number of poorer white men. only white men could stand for election to the house of assembly, even from the cape constituencies. the franchise rights of non-white voters in the cape (but not in natal) were entrenched in the south africa act by a provision that they could only be reduced by an act of parliament passed by a two-thirds majority of both houses of parliament sitting in a joint session.
elections in south africa