Links
Copyright
The text on this site belongs to the History of Parliament and should not be reproduced without permission.-
Recent Posts
- From typhus to trains: the tragic deaths of 19th century MPs
- Small borough politics in County Cork, 1832-1868: Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal
- ‘Like herrings in a barrel’: the chamber of the House of Commons prior to 1834
- Professor Angus Hawkins (1953-2020)
- ‘Had she been a man, she would have been the leader of a party’: Harriet Grote (1792-1878), radicalism and Parliament, 1820-41
Victorian Commons on Twitter
- For #WorldBookDay a book-themed delve into our blog archive, starting with this post which looked at Disraeli's nov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
- Died #onthisday 1875 Sir Alexander Ramsay, Conservative MP for Rochdale, 1857-9. The Rochdale Observer described hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 hours ago
Categories
- 1832-68 preview site
- Biographies
- Chartism
- Conferences and seminars
- Constituencies
- Corruption
- Elections
- Empire
- Forthcoming events
- Guest blog
- Images of MPs
- Ireland
- Legislation
- Leisure
- LGBT+ History Month
- Local government
- Materiality
- MP of the Month
- Parliamentary buildings
- Parliamentary life
- party labels
- Prime Ministers
- Publications
- Queer Parliamentary Life
- religion
- Resources
- Ronald Gower Series
- Scotland
- Uncategorized
- Voting and Divisions
- Wales
- women
- Working-class politics
Researching the House of Commons
- 1832 Reform Act
- 1832-68 preview site
- 1867 Reform Act
- Anti-Corn Law League
- army
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Biographies
- boundary changes
- boundary commission
- buildings; temporary House of Commons; Westminster; Westminster fire
- By-elections
- capital punishment
- Charles Dickens
- Christmas
- colonies
- Conservative
- Conservative party
- Constituencies
- corn laws
- corruption
- Daniel O'Connell
- duels
- election corruption
- Electioneering
- Election petitions
- Elections
- electoral reform
- Female participation
- Fitzwilliam family
- free trade
- general elections
- Greenwich
- Hansard
- Ireland
- John Stuart Mill
- Liberal party
- Local government
- military MPs
- Mirror of Parliament
- MP of the Month
- Navy
- New Palace of Westminster
- Newspaper press
- Oldham
- parliamentary reporting
- party labels
- petitioning
- photography
- poetry
- Polling
- public opinion and Parliament
- Queer MPs
- radicalism
- railways
- Registration
- religion
- Richard Cobden
- Ronald Gower
- science
- Scotland
- secret ballot
- Sir Robert Peel
- slavery
- Southampton
- speeches
- Thomas Attwood
- ventilator
- Vote 100
- Wales
- Waterloo
- Westminster Fire
- William Gladstone
- women
- women's suffrage
- Women voters
Archives
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
Tag Archives: Elections
Small borough politics in County Cork, 1832-1868: Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal
This post from our research fellow Dr. Stephen Ball was originally published on the History of Parliament blog as part of a Local History series on electoral politics in Ireland. The county of Cork was widely referred to as ‘the … Continue reading
A Highland canvass in a ‘pocket county’: Ronald Gower (1845-1916) and the 1867 Sutherland by-election
In the fourth blog of his series on Lord Ronald Gower (1845-1916), Dr Martin Spychal, uses Gower’s diaries to provide some rare insights into mid-Victorian electioneering in the ‘pocket county’ of Sutherland. This blog was also posted as part of the … Continue reading
A ‘pocket’ borough or a borough needing deep pockets? Abingdon’s elections in the nineteenth century
In this blog, originally posted on the main History of Parliament site, Dr Philip Salmon examines the parliamentary representation of Abingdon in the 19th century. Abingdon was widely regarded as an easily managed ‘pocket’ or ‘nomination’ borough during the 19th … Continue reading
Representing Glamorgan, 1832-85: Mr. Talbot and his colleagues
This post originally appeared on the History of Parliament’s blog as part of a Local History series on Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. The earlier posts in the series looked at elections in the 1640s and the 18th century. In the 19th … Continue reading
From duelling to sharing the representation: Northumberland’s electoral politics in the nineteenth century
This post first appeared on the History of Parliament blog as part of a local history series on Northumberland’s politics. You can read the other posts in the series here and here. In 1826 Northumberland experienced its first contested election … Continue reading
Elections and electioneering, 1832-1868
As voters across the country head to the polls this month, we thought it was an ideal opportunity to look back at some of the research on 19th century elections we have featured in our blogs over the past few … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged election corruption, Electioneering, Elections, Hustings, non-electors, public voting, secret ballot
1 Comment
New book: Parties, agents and electoral culture in England, 1880-1910
Our assistant editor, Dr. Kathryn Rix, has just published her first book, with Boydell and Brewer, in the Royal Historical Society’s Studies in History series, entitled Parties, agents and electoral culture in England, 1880-1910. She shares some of the key … Continue reading
From ‘true blue’ Tory to Reformer: Samuel Adlam Bayntun (1804-1833)
While our MP of the Month sat only briefly in the Commons after 1832, his parliamentary career provides valuable insights into two important aspects of nineteenth-century politics: the fluidity of party labels and the influence which money had in the … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, MP of the Month
Tagged Elections, military MPs, MP of the Month, party labels, York
3 Comments
The Victorian female franchise
Welcome to the first of our guest blogs. On BBC Radio 4 tonight Dr Sarah Richardson presents a programme about the discovery of an early Victorian poll book listing women voters (click here to listen). Female participation in non-parliamentary elections … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Guest blog, Local government, women
Tagged Elections, Female participation, Local government, women, Women voters
5 Comments