Timeline of suffragete bills

Timeline

1909: Failure of women’s suffrage bill

1910: Concillation committee appointed + concillation bill passes 2nd reading in June

1911: May 2nd conciliation bill passed 2nd reading

1912: March 3rd conciliation bill fails 2nd reading

1913: Jan amendment to manhood suffrage bill ruled out of order by HOC

What is

1909: Failure of women’s suffrage bill

1910: Concillation committee appointed + concillation bill passes 2nd reading in June

1911: May 2nd conciliation bill passed 2nd reading

1912: March 3rd conciliation bill fails 2nd reading

1913: Jan amendment to manhood suffrage bill ruled out of order by HOC

Timeline of conciliation bill

When was failure of women’s suffrage bill?

1909

Failure of women’s suffrage bill 1909

Lib gov took over in 1906 and had many MPS who had pledged to women’s suffregte

Tensions surrounding a limited extension to franchise

Libs didnt want property qualifications coz thought would increase CONS vote so wanted more w/c some votes

CONS reject so unable to come to a compromise

Also PM Asquith, couldnt comphrend ehy women wanted the vote, unnatural, wife and daughter didnt whay it

Focus on Irish Home rule

1910 conciliation bill

June: 1st conciliation bill passed 2nd reading

Committee of 54 MPs appointed that supported female suffregte

Drew up consultation bill that wouldnt give either party an advantage

→ would only give 1mill women the vote (husband + wife cant vote on basis of same propert, only women householders + occupants w/ income £10 a year)

1st bill passed 2nd reading June 110 votes

3rd conciliation bill defeated May 1912 by

14 votes so NUWSS moves to have an alliance w/ Labour party

Conciliation bills didnt get passed coz

WSPU militant tactics alientTed many supporters

1912 42 previous supporters vote against

1912 91 MPs who approved 1911 abstain

1913 Gov franchise bill

Lloyd George suggested striking word male out of bill to include women

but Speaker of the house said it would chnage charcter of bill + invalidate it

Asquith refused to draft a replacment bill so WSPU viomce followed

Lloyd george began to oppose WPSU coz violence alineted wife

Mac donald saw it as a hysterical repsonse

WSPU alienated people BUT

contributed greatly to NUWSS growth

WSPU used intirIve and during WW1

anti-ger + campaigning for recruits for the armed services

Adopted to ww1 challenged - 1918 reform act