In the aftermath of the First World War British politics faced a seismic change in the new electoral system that the 1918 General Election represented. In truth the first genuinely universal election of MPs across the UK was not until this year - when the franchise was vastly, and far more thoroughly than say the 1867 Reform Act, extended; not only this, but for the first time women over the age of 30 were also allocated voting powers. …showed first 75 words of 377 total…

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