From Suffrage to Representation: Women, Suffragists and Politicians upon Enfranchisement: Sex-separated Turnout Data and Constituency-level Election Data, 1909-1927

This project investigated the relationship between women’s suffrage and substantive political representation, challenging the prevailing assumption that legal enfranchisement automatically ensures women's political inclusion.

Using constituency-level election data and sex-disaggregated turnout figures from several Western democracies in the aftermath of women's suffrage, the study examined how and when access to the ballot translated into improved representation of women's interests.

By tracing the conditions under which suffrage led to substantive representation, the study offered a more nuanced understanding of the mechanisms driving gender-responsive politics in democratic settings.

The data consists of constituency-level election data, sex-separated turnout data, after women's suffrage.