[1] The League's programme contained seven proposals: universal adult suffrage, automatic electoral registration, the abolition of multiple voting, for the state to cover election expenses, and to pay MPs, the abolition of the House of Lords, and the introduction of a two-round system of voting.
Their national organisations did not seek to prohibit them from participating, but were strongly critical of the limited focus of the League.
[1] Tom Mann became the league's first Secretary, serving for three years;[1] he was simultaneously employed as its full-time organiser.
[3] Thompson served as the President, while David Lloyd George, Robert Smillie, W. C. Steadman and Richard Bell were among its Vice-Presidents.
[4] Thompson lost interest in the organisation, and Frank Hugh O'Donnell took over the presidency, while the Fabian James E. Dobson became Secretary, and John Ward became Chairman.