Flapper election

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The "Flapper election" was the 1929 United Kingdom general election, notable as the first in which women aged 21–29 could vote, significantly expanding the female electorate.

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Flapper Election 1
Flapper election canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
ageLimitForMenAtTime 21 ⓘ
ageLimitForWomenAfter1928 21 ⓘ
ageLimitForWomenBefore1928 30 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1929 UK general election ⓘ
Flapper Election ⓘ
linked to: Flapper election
associatedSocialChange increasing political participation of young women ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effectOfRepresentationOfThePeopleAct1928 equalized voting age of men and women at 21 ⓘ
lowered women’s voting age from 30 to 21 ⓘ
electoralReformContext Representation of the People Act 1928 ⓘ
electorateExpanded women aged 21–29 ⓘ
electorateGenderImpact made women a majority of the electorate ⓘ
endDate 1929-05-30 ⓘ
followedBy 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
follows 1924 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentFormedAfterElection second Labour government ⓘ
hasName 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
historicalSignificance milestone in women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom ⓘ
largestPartyBySeats Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainIssue economic policy ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
monarchAtTimeOfElection George V ⓘ
nicknameOrigin named after young ‘flapper’ women voters ⓘ
notableFor first UK general election in which women aged 21–29 could vote ⓘ
significant expansion of the female electorate ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 615 ⓘ
parliamentElected 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
pointInTime 1929 ⓘ
predecessorFranchiseLaw Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElectionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElectionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
resultedIn hung parliament ⓘ
secondLargestPartyBySeats Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate 1929-05-30 ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyBySeats Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
turnoutDescription high voter turnout ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary election ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
womenVotersNewlyEnfranchisedApproximateNumber about 5 million ⓘ

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Flapper election → alsoKnownAs → Flapper Election ⓘ
linked to: Flapper election