Emily Wilding Davison and Parliament

The 1911 Census

• Emily Wilding Davison's census forms, 1911 - At a time when some suffragettes were evading the census, it is ironic that Emily was recorded twice; once in Parliament, and once at her lodgings in Russell Square. The original census forms are held at The National Archives.
• Plaque to Emily Wilding Davison  - This was put up by Tony Benn MP to commemorate her stay in Parliament on census night.

Parliament's police reports

These are police reports held by the Parliamentary Archives  in a Serjeant-at-Arms office file titled 'Police and Suffragettes'. The reports are mostly written by Chief Inspector Scantlebury, the head of the police in Parliament, and addressed to Sir H David Erksine, the Serjeant-at-Arms.

• Attempt to present a petition - Emily's first appearance among Parliament's police reports, among a list of suffragettes taken into custody.
• Hiding in a ventilation shaft  - Emily's first solo demonstration in Parliament.
• Breaking a window in the Crown Office  - Emily usually targetted the House of Commons, but this incident took place at the other end of the building, in the House of Lords.
• Banned from Parliament  - As a direct result of the ventilation shaft and Crown Office incidents, the Speaker decided she should be banned from the premises.
• Hammer through Division Lobby window  - Despite the ban, Emily continued her protests in Parliament with another window-breaking incident.
• Report of trial  - Emily was tried for the hammer incident and went to prison.
• Found on staircase  - Emily's last appearance in Parliament's police reports has her found on a staircase near the Commons chamber in the middle of the night.

Emily's death

Memorial leaflet, 1913 - Emily died in 1913 after a collision with the King's horse at the Derby.