General Election Results

This evocative photograph captures a moment of great democratic fervour in Exeter, during the January 1910 General Election. Boldly displayed above the entrance to a public building, large printed sheets announce the latest election results — a public scoreboard for the nation’s shifting political tides.

People pause to read the names and numbers, including a young girl and her mother in the foreground, embodying both the present and the future of British society. Though women wouldn’t gain full suffrage for nearly two decades, they were already present, observant, engaged.

This election was especially significant: it followed the constitutional crisis over the House of Lords' rejection of the People's Budget. The result was a hung Parliament, with the Liberals reliant on Labour and Irish Nationalist support — a pivotal moment in the reshaping of modern British politics.

🗳️ A powerful reminder of the public appetite for participation, long before rolling news or smartphones.

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