Elections and voting

Find out more about radical politicians in the North East of England

Find out about the way election and voting practices changed in the 19th century

Before 1918 no women were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections. In the early 20th century two main groups actively campaigned to give women the vote

Find out how the long struggle for representative democracy led to the formation of the Chartist movement and eventually, in 1918, the right to vote being extended to all men