The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 gave women the Parliamentary vote on the same terms as men for the first time. It removed the qualifications of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which had given women the vote at age 30 who met minimum property qualifications. The Equal Franchise Act swept these restrictions away to give women the vote at age 21 with no property or other qualifications. As the culmination of the long campaign for votes for women, it is perhaps the most significant of women’s legal landmarks in terms of political equality, and a great victory for feminist campaigning organisations and the early women MPs in the interwar period.
The full version of this landmark is written by Mari Takayanagi