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Perhaps neither of them had the right to vote?




The Representation of the People Act 1918 widened suffrage by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications. The enfranchisement of this latter group was accepted as recognition of the contribution made by women defence workers. However, women were still not politically equal to men (who could vote from the age of 21); full electoral equality did not occur until the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928.

Your family may well not have been eligible to vote. Various sites via google will give outlines of the rules -

From 1884 male house owners could vote. By 1918 the Representation of the people act gave the vote to all men over 21 and all women over 30.

So many people didn't own their own homes, and moved from rental property to rental property frequently as they could or couldn't afford what they were living in at the time.

For our info, I expect you have this. The family are elsewhere by 1911. The census form says that John and Florence have been married for 2 years and had 2 children. Crossed out (as she is widowed, so wrongly completed), Elizabeth Pratt has completed Married 10 years 8 children born, 2 have died

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
34 East Parade Bradford, Bradford, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
John Harold Haley Head Married Male Window Cleaner 30 1881 Shipley Yorks
Florence Haley Wife Married Female - 24 1887 Nottingham Linc
Reginald Pratt Son - Male School 3 1908 Bradford Yorks
Eric Haley Son - Male - 0 1911 Bradford Yorks Transcription
Elizabeth Pratt Mother In Law Widow Female House Keeper 54 1857 Deeping Linc
Albert Pratt Brother In Law Single Male Warehouse Man 19 1892 Bradford Yorks
May Pratt Sister In Law - Female Printer 14 1897 Bradford Yorks
Elsie Pratt Sister In Law - Female School Part Time Worsted Spinner 12 1899 Bradford Yorks

I would be interested to know when the general public got the vote.
My grandmother Florence Haley {Pratt} and grandfather John Harold Haley had 2 of there children baptized Dec 1910 John and Reginald at St Oswalds Little Horton,Bradford.
On the Baptize record it states they lived at 6 South Street,Little Horton.

But when
i went to check this on the voters list at the library-found nothing.

Any ideas ?