In a message dated 20/03/2007 00:22:04 GMT Standard Time, harper@tooronga.demon.co.uk writes: Am I right to think that as a householder, the head-of-house would be a voter <1920-30> _____________________________________________________________________ Hi Clare, The Representation of the People Act 1918, recognising the part which men and women had played in the First World War, abolished the property qualifications and gave the vote to men at 21 and women at 30, that right being dependent on six months' residence or occupation of business premises worth £ 10 a year. The women had to be householders or the wives of householders or to have been to university. From 15 October 1918 to 1926 the electoral registers were compiled twice a year. The 1928 Equal Franchise Act gave the vote to all adults at the age of 21 The registers are not indexed by name but by street, so you would need to know where they were living. Regards Stan Mapstone