Ursula Williams

Helen Ursula Williams BEM (1896 – November 1979), was a British Liberal Party politician who legally stood for Parliament even though she was too young to vote.

[3] In 1923 at the age of 27 she was selected as Liberal candidate, in succession to her father, for the Consett Division of Durham at the 1923 General Election.

[5] Having such a young woman as a parliamentary candidate attracted a lot of media attention, not least after an exchange at one of her public meetings.

"I don't know offhand" retorted Williams, "but if the gentleman will step up on the platform I will be glad to count them.

[12] Her brother Iolo Aneurin Williams was also involved in politics as Liberal candidate for Chelsea in 1924 and 1929.