The Representation of the People Act was passed in 1918 which gave women over the age of 30, who met a property qualification, the right to vote.[63] Several factors led to the passing of the Act, including the efforts of working women, the dilution of anti-suffrage rhetoric and political change in London, where Asquith had been replaced as Prime Minister by Lloyd George.[64] The government believed that six million voters would be added by the 1918 Act, in Wales the electorate rose from 430,000 to 1,172,000.[65]