Margaret Wintringham was the first female Liberal MP elected in the United Kingdom.
Back in the early 20th century, political parties used to record speeches and distribute gramophone copies around the country for replaying at local meetings. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat History Group faces a double bind when it comes to finding authors and topics. … Read the full post »
Today’s selection from the archives is a pair of one sided flyers advertising public meetings in support of the 1929 Liberal campaign in Nottingham Central. … Read the full post »
For an organisation that looks to the past and to party politics, it is almost inevitable that the Liberal Democrat History Group’s publications are rather dominated with accounts of men. … Read the full post »
Margaret Wintringham was the third woman to be elected an MP, the second to take her seat and the first to be a Liberal for her two female predecessors in winning election were Countess Markievicz (Sinn Fein, did not take her seat) and Nancy Astor (Conservative, first female MP to take her seat). … Read the full post »