Category Archives: 19th Century history

Legislating for the United Kingdom’s four nations in the age of reform, 1830-1852

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from James Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of York. He spoke at our previous session on 5 February about his research into a four … Continue reading →

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‘The House divided’: the creation of a second division lobby for the Commons in 1836

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

The huge publicity given to recent parliamentary votes on Brexit has put the over-crowded division lobbies of the House of Commons in the spotlight as never before and prompted the introduction of proxy voting on a trial basis. While MPs … Continue reading →

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Round-table session: Digital humanities and political history: in memoriam Valerie Cromwell

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar of the new academic year, Dr Hannes Kleineke, Dr Ruth Ahnert, Professor Arthur Burns, and Professor Jane Winters offered some compelling insights into the evolution of digital humanities, its impact on the … Continue reading →

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Before the vote was won: women and politics, 1868-1918

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons 1832-1868 Section explains the relationship between women, Parliament and politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly focusing on their expanded role within local government in the prelude to … Continue reading →

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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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