From 1700-2024: Inside an 18th Century General Election
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On 30 May 2024 Parliament was dissolved and the process of campaigning for a modern day General Election began. But as politicians make media rounds and knock on doors in their constituency, you might be wondering just how modern these processes are…
On this page the History of Parliament are looking at the process of a General Election in the 18th century; the electorate certainly looked very different, but what about the electioneering process? Here we’ll discuss the parties of the day and how they generated support, through a new collections of blogs, videos and more.
Overseen by Dr Robin Eagles and Connie Jeffery, posts come from History of Parliament colleagues, with help from the ECPPEC project, and videos from Lucy Haddock-Williams and Sam Owen.
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