<P> From 1265 , a few percent of the adult male population in the Kingdom of England ( of which Wales was a full and equal member from 1542 ) were able to vote in parliamentary elections that occurred at irregular intervals to the Parliament of England . The franchise for the Parliament of Scotland developed separately . King Henry VI of England established in 1432 that only owners of property worth at least forty shillings , a significant sum , were entitled to vote in an English county . The franchise was restricted to males by custom rather than statute . Changes were made to the details of the system , but there was no major reform until the Reform Act 1832 . A series of Reform Acts and Representation of the People Acts followed . In 1918 , all men over 21 and women over 30 won the right to vote , and in 1928 all women over 21 won the right to vote resulting in universal suffrage . </P>
when did everyone get the vote in the uk
in 1928 all women over 21 won the right to vote resulting in universal suffrage