Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom the House of Commons. Following this attempts were made to widen the franchise in every Parliament. Women gained the right to vote with the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918 after World War I. This gave the vote to women over the age of 30. However, the Speakers Conference which was charged with looking into giving women the vote did not have as its terms of reference, consideration to women standing as candidates for parliament. However, Sir Herbert Samuel, the former Liberal Home Secretary, moved a separate motion on 23 October 1918 to allow women to be
How-to-vote card party would prefer the voter follow. The flow of preferences can assist the party dispersing the cards directly and indirectly help allied parties. The use of how-to-vote cards has benefited minor parties in a number of ways including increasing their chances of winning, punishing opponents and receiving policy commitments. Sometimes "preference deals" are done between political parties so that they are favoured by each other's how-to-vote cards. Voters are under no obligation to follow the cards. In South Australia, all how-to-vote cards are displayed on all polling booths. How-to-vote card How-to-vote cards are small leaflets that are handed out by