Election Collection

Enoch Powell, controversial British politician
(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974. After controversy over his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968

Sketch illustration of a fist with South Africa insignia

Labour Party election posters and television speakers
Labour Party election posters and speakers for Labours series of five short television programmes in the run-up to the General Election of 8th October 1959 (which the Conservatives won)

Konrad Adenauer Campaign Poster
Campaign poster for poster German statesman, Konrad Adenauer and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) party during the 1957 elections

View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, at night, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Fd Roosevelt / Ilz 1932
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 32nd President of the USA in the year of his election

Irish Elections 1923
Election propaganda posters for Eamon De Valera : " We will wade through the blood of our fellow Irishmen and through the blood of Members of the Government"

Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909
A Liberal Party campaign card for the 1909 General Election. A grim image of an elderly couple heading for the workhouse is contrasted with the partys vision of sunlit fields of waving corn

Michael Foot (1913-2010) British politician when he was the Labour Party candidate for Ebbw Vale, at the election caused by the death of Aneurin Bevan

King George VI and Clement Attlee, Buckingham Palace, 1945
Photograph of King George VI (1895-1952) and Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (1883-1967) in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, 1945

Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907
Christabel Pankhurst and Mary Gawthorpe in the Market Place, Uppingham, holding a meeting during the 1907 Rutland bye-election

Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U
Mary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later

Winston Churchill entering No 10 Downing St by David Wright
Painting by David Wright showing Prime Minister Winston Churchill entering No. 10 Downing Street after winning the General Election in 1951

Hogarth Election / 1Of4(C)
THE ELECTION An election entertainment: a Whig banquet, with Tories demonstrating outside plate 1 of 4 Date: 1755

Clement Davies (1884-1962) English politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945-1956, seen here at the Liberal Election press conference on the 3rd October 1951

Hogarth / Election / B / W / (2)
2. THE ELECTION Canvassing for votes

King George VI and Clement Attlee, at Buckingham Palace, 194
Photograph of King George VI (1895-1952) and Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (1883-1967) in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, 1945

Hexham Suffragettes
Writing on the pavement during the Hexham by-election; Miss Annie Kenny and Miss Mary Gawthorne

Election poster, The Great Naval Eclipse 1900 to 1910, a vote for the radicals is a vote against the British Navy. circa 1910s

Mr Aneurin Bevan
Mr Bevan was a Welsh Labour politician and was appointed as Minister of Health after Labour won the election in 1945. He was the founder of the National Health Service which came into effect on 5th

Confederate Five Dollar Bill, 1864
Confederate five dollar bill bearing the picture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, 1864. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration of hand placing voting slip in ballot box

Illustrated London News 1979, Thatcher and Callaghan
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, May 1979 featuring portraits of James Callaghan, Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister and Tory Party Leader, Margaret Thatcher

The Election, by William Hogarth
Photo of an original engraving from the Works of William Hogarth published in 1833

Harold Wilson makes speech during the general election Date: 1964

Suffragette Edith New Peckham by-election. Miss. Edith New addressing on open-air meeting at the Peckham by-election, held in March, 1908. Date: 1908

Suffragette Gladice Keevil Manchester. Gladice Keevil (1884-1959) W.S.P.U organiser campaigning at the Manchester by-election, 1907 to Keep the Liberal Out Date: 1907

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1972. Poster for Shirley Chisholms campaign for the nomination for Democratic presidential candidate. Lithograph, 1972

Cartoon, The Federal Phoenix (Abraham Lincoln)
Cartoon, The Federal Phoenix -- Abraham Lincoln portrayed as a phoenix rising from the flames as he is re-elected President. Date: 1864

Election fair, Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
Copenhagen House.I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap on it Shakespeare ; showing an election fair in Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1795

The Stage Coach or Country Inn Yard, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
The Stage Coach or Country Inn Yard, 1747. An inn courtyard with a coach ready to depart and an election parade in progress. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

World War II poster of Uncle Sam and President Franklin Roosevelt
Vintage World War II propaganda poster featuring Uncle Sam and President Franklin Roosevelt. It reads, I Want You FDR. Stay And Finish The Job!

GEORGE McGOVERN (1922- ). American politician. Senator McGovern beneath a poster in New York City, during his presidential campaign, June 1972

HOGARTH: ELECTION. Chairing the Member. Engraving after the etching by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Winston Churchill with Randolph by David Wright
Winston Churchill, once again re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951, pictured making a speech by David Wright, with his son, Randolph, seated behind

Gladstone and the Midlothian Campaign
Sketches of four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone on his tour of Midlothian during a US-style campaign which saw the elderly statesman come out of the retirement to take the ultra-Tory

Conservative party television team
The Conservative Party television team and some election posters for the General Election of 8th October 1959. The Conservatives broadcast five television programmes of 15 or 20 minutes each starting

Election Returns, USA
A crowd gathers outside the office of the New York Herald newspaper to read the election returns; they have to be kept in order by police officers

Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away

US Election Campaign1908
Fierce campaigning by the two presidential nominees of 1908, William J Bryan and William Taft; Taft became the 27th president

Pope Urbanus VI
POPE URBANUS VI (Bartolommeo Prignano) After a stormy election, he acted so severely that most cardinals withdrew allegiance, leading to Avignon schism

Hogarth Election / 4Of4(C)
THE ELECTION Chairing the Member after the election plate 4 of 4

Liberal posters for the General Election, & their artists
A selection of Liberal party posters for the 1910 General Election, together with a photograph of Francis Carruthers Gould, caricaturist and political cartoonist, who The Sketch says

Margaret Wintringham during her election campaign
Margaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman

Michael Foot leads the protest march to Walking. March 1986 P031164 Local Caption
Michael Foot leads the protest march to Walking. March 1986 P031164 planman - - 03/03/2010

James Griffiths
James Jim Griffiths, Labour M.P. for Llanelli, Wales from 1936 to 1970. Pictured here before the 1950 election, he had served in the 1945 - 50 Labour Government as Minister for National Insurance

Gladstone out of a Job
Defeated in the July 1886 election because of his backing for Irish Home Rule, Gladstone and his supporters find themselves among the unemployed, eating Irish stew

Womens Right / Activities
French suffragettes disrupt election by attacking ballot box

MAINE: WOMENs SUFFRAGE. Tomorrows the Day. Women listening at the door as the Maine State Legislature votes on an act to grant women the right to vote for presidential electors

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923

Women Lobbying Mp / 1880
Women lobbying an MP on the subject of Womens Rights during the general election

A voter casts her ballot during the presidential election at a polling station in San Jose, Costa Rica, April 1, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Year 2025 with Barbados Flag pattern. Vector Illustration.

Republican candidate Donald Trump caricature Republican presidential election candidate Donald Trump before his opponent is staying in macho pose caricature

Majority Rule People Holding Word on Pie Chart Winners A group of three people lift and hold the word Majority to represent that they are the largest share or percentage of the whole

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative candidate for Central Fife, Scotland. 25th January 1997

19th Amendment Votes for Women Illustration
Illustration promoting votes for women with hand drawn lettering

The Illustrated London News Election Map - 1906 - The electoral battlefield at a glance: Candidates and Constituencies by A Hugh Fisher. Date: 1906

An Iraqi security member dips his finger in ink after casting his vote at a polling station, two days before polls open to the public in a parliamentary election in Kirkuk, Iraq May 10, 2018

Watching Election Result
Londoners watch the election results as they are shown on giant screens erected in Trafalgar Square

Roosevelt at Washington, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Roosevelt at Washington, 1912

Electoral count, House of Representatives, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Electoral count, House of Representatives, 1913

Marshall accepting nomination, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Marshall accepting nomination, 1912. Shows Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925), Governor of Indiana, giving his acceptance speech to be Woodrow Wilson's running mate in Indianapolis, Indiana

T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] and Ill. Delegation, 6/1/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] and Ill. Delegation, 6/1/12, 1912

Otto Bannard Voting, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Otto Bannard Voting, between c1910 and c1915

Roosevelt leaving Capitol, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Roosevelt leaving Capitol, 1912. Shows President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Taft voting 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Taft voting 1912

Roosevelt at Capitol, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Roosevelt at Capitol, between c1910 and c1915

"Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern - Polling", by G.E. Hicks... 1865. Creator: W Thomas
"Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern - Polling", by G.E. Hicks, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865. Engraving of a painting

Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Edmund Fitzpatrick. The Irish elections...are usually made the occasion, in almost every town

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth...the nomination at Kennington Park, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth election: the nomination at Kennington Park, [London], 1865. View in front of the main entrance to Kennington Park

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Westminster...the nomination in Covent-Garden, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Westminster election: the nomination in Covent-Garden, [London], 1865. At the Westminster nomination, Mr. Scott Turner, High Bailiff, presided

City of London Election: the nomination at Guildhall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
City of London Election: the nomination at Guildhall, 1865....the hustings was graced by the presence of Royalty: her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands

The Election Riot in the Great Market-Place at Nottingham, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Election Riot in the Great Market-Place at Nottingham, 1865. View of the...disgraceful riot and conflict which took place...when an open-air meeting of the electors

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Finsbury...the nomination on Clerkenwell Green, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Finsbury election: the nomination on Clerkenwell Green, [London], 1865. The Finsbury nomination took place in front of the Middlesex Sessions House

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"Reflecting on the Power of Democracy: A Glimpse into Historic Elections" Labour Party election posters and television speakers: Amplifying the voice of the working class, these tools shaped political discourse during crucial moments in history. Konrad Adenauer Campaign Poster: Uniting a nation through his vision, Adenauer's campaign poster symbolizes hope and progress for post-war Germany. Fd Roosevelt / Ilz 1932: Capturing the essence of resilience, this image portrays Franklin D. Roosevelt's journey to presidency amidst economic turmoil. Irish Elections 1923: Marking a significant milestone in Ireland's struggle for independence, these elections paved the way for a new era of self-governance. Margaret Thatcher on the campaign trail: With determination in her eyes, Thatcher embarked on a transformative journey that would make her Britain's first female Prime Minister. Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U. : Standing tall as an emblematic suffragette, Clarke fought tirelessly for women's right to vote during times when their voices were silenced. King George VI and Clement Attlee, Buckingham Palace, 1945: Witnessing a peaceful transition of power after World War II, this moment represents democracy at its finest. Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907: United by their unwavering dedication to gender equality, Pankhurst and Gawthorpe played pivotal roles in shaping voting rights for women. Winston Churchill entering No 10 Downing St by David Wright: A powerful image capturing Churchill's leadership as he stepped into one of Britain's most iconic addresses during tumultuous times. Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909: This card serves as a reminder that even over a century ago, political parties utilized creative means to engage voters and convey their message effectively. Michael Foot.