Talk:Women's Party (UK)

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Election in 1919???

I have added details of Christabel Pankhurst's 1918 candidacy in Smethwick, but I have placed a {{Fact}} tag beside the assertion that she stood as a candidate in 1919. There was no general election that year, so I presume that this must refer to a by-election, but there was no by-election in Smethwick in 1919 Craig (Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |origdate= (help)) does not index her against any other constituency. Maybe she stood in a council election, but if so this needs clarification.

I suspect that the source for this may be the Schoolnet article on Christabel Pankhurst, which states that

"Christabel represented the Women's Party in both the 1918 and 1919 elections but was defeated both times."

This appears to me to be wrong. --BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • (contribs)} 15:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See also Talk:Christabel Pankhurst#1918 election; that article had referred to her standing in Westminster, but I can't verify that either. --BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • (contribs)} 15:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like [1] may explain much of this confusion; she was selected as the PPC for the Abbey constituency in 1919, but presumably William Burdett-Coutts survived longer than expected, or despite ill health, chose not to resign. Either way, by the time there was a by-election, the Women's Party had been disbanded and Christabel was immersing herself in religion; the Conservatives decided to stand their own candidate. Warofdreams talk 02:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]