Category Archives: 19th Century history

Wikidata, British Politicians and the History of Parliament Trust

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

Today’s post is a guest blog from Andrew Gray of University College London. Andrew explains his Wikidata project which now links to all of the published History of Parliament biographies to the database; he also shares some of the more … Continue reading →

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Tackling electoral corruption: how Victorian Britain reformed the trial of election petitions in 1868

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections Act, an important part of the electoral reforms which had begun with the Second Reform Act of 1867. Dr. Kathryn Rix of our Victorian … Continue reading →

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The 1842 Chartist Petition – why over 3 million signatures translated into less than 50 votes

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Today’s blog about the Chartist Petition of 1842 is part of our focus on wider electoral and political reform throughout this significant anniversary year in women’s political history – for more blogs in the series see here. The following blog … Continue reading →

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Voice and Vote: behind the scenes

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

This blog looks at how the History of Parliament has been involved behind the scenes with the Voice and Vote exhibition which opened in Westminster Hall last week. Dr. Philip Salmon and Dr. Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons project … Continue reading →

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Voice and Vote: Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women – a guidebook

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Dr Paul Seaward is one of the editors of the “Voice & Vote guidebook” to accompany the UK Parliament Vote 100 project‘s landmark exhibition in Westminster Hall. In today’s blog he explains the contents of the book, who contributed to it … Continue reading →

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Irish MPs and the Crimean War 1853-1856

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

This week at the History of Parliament we are sharing the military history of Parliament through parliamentarians and their military careers in honour of Armed Forces Day this weekend (30 June). Today’s blog from Dr Stephen Ball of the Commons … Continue reading →

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The General Election of 1818

Posted on June 19, 2018 by

Today’s blog from Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section, Dr Philip Salmon details the significance of the contentious and rather lengthy 1818 election, and the way it shaped constituency voting in the lead up to the Great Reform Act, 1832… … Continue reading →

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