 Picton-Turbervell was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for Stroud in Gloucestershire in 1924 and had some sharp comments on party Prime Minister MacDonald's silence on the Zinoviev letter, which turned out to be a forgery.She noted that MacDonald's lack of comment had "a devastating effect" upon Labour candidates at the election.In February 1925 she was again selected as the Stroud Labour candidate but she resigned in June 1925 owing to dissention in the local party, following which Tom Langham, Party President along with two vice presidents resigned.