Its initial focus was on county councils but its remit later covered other local government roles such as school boards.
The organisation emerged from a local electors association formed by Amelia Charles, Caroline Biggs, Mrs Evans and Lucy Wilson at the instigation of Annie Leigh Browne.
[2] Annie Leigh Browne provided early funding and she, Eva McLaren, the Marchioness of Aberdeen, Louisa Temple Mallett[1] and Newnham College founder Millicent Garret Fawcett were key members.
[4] An early victory was the election of two women, Jane Cobden and Lady Margaret Sandhurst, to the London County Council.
[3] In 1894 Emma Maitland was elected to the London School Board to represent Chelsea and she took a special interest in the education offered to children who were blind or deaf.