Talk:Edith Sutton

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date of joining Labour party?[edit]

Sources have stated she joined the Labour party in the 1920s but disagree about the date. Kaybeesquared (talk) 15:31, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

is there more support for one of these as the correct date?
  • Option 1 - 1921 - "Reading Labour 100 The Centenary of the Labour Party in Reading, 1918-2018" John S. Partington. Published by Reading Trades Union Council, 2019, p12. [1]
  • Option 2 - 1922 - "Madam Mayor" Journal of Liberal History 89 Winter 2014-15.p18. no author named [2]
  • Option 3 - 1925 - "Women at home and abroad" The Vote 29 September 1933. p306. no author named [3]

Kaybeesquared (talk) 18:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC) Kaybeesquared (talk) 18:44, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Additional source for Option 3 - 1925 - thanks to IanTheArchivist talk for the research here “Reading’s next Mayor” The Reading Standard 22 September 1933 Page 11 no author named [4]

Kaybeesquared (talk) 09:17, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]


  1. ^ " Reading Labour 100 The Centenary of the Labour Party in Reading, 1918-2018 " John S. Partington. Reading Trades Union Council, 2019, p12.
  2. ^ "Madam Mayor" Journal of Liberal History 89 18 2015-16
  3. ^ "Women at home and abroad" The Vote 29 September 1933. p306.
  4. ^ 1925 “Reading’s next Mayor” The Reading Standard 22 September 1933 Page 11