its north clock dial unveiled as part of the £61 million restoration. 90 years ago, voters in north lanarkshiret didn't apply to the under—30s. it took another ten years for women to gain the right to vote at the same age as men — 21. but the act hadn‘t taken effect whenjennie lee stood for the independent labour party in a by—election in north lanarkshire in march, 1929. the law was changed to that woman could vote aged 21 without property restrictions, but whenjennie lee stood in the by—election two months before that, you had to be aged 30 and meet property requirements to be able to vote. jennie lee was just 2a, so she couldn‘t vote, but interestingly, she could stand to be a member of parliament. although the equal franchise act had been passed the previous year, in 1928, it didn't come into force until 1st may, 1929, and that was because it took some time, about a year, to get the new electoral register together to add all these new women voters who had previously been too young. she also benefited from another quirk in the legislation. the parliament qualification of woman act, 1918, was