Tag Archives: Electoral Reform

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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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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The 1868 Boundary Act: Disraeli’s attempt to control his ‘leap in the dark’?

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Boundary Act. As Martin Spychal of the Commons 1832-68 Section discusses in today’s blog, the oft-neglected story of the Act provides several key insights into Britain’s second Reform Act and, in … Continue reading →

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Event review: Parliament and Popular Sovereignty in the nineteenth century, 22 March 2018.

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Today’s blog is a summary of our afternoon event about Parliament and Popular Sovereignty in the nineteenth century, which was held before Easter at the Palace of Westminster … On  22 March 2018 the History of Parliament hosted an event … Continue reading →

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Bishops and Popular Opinion in the Era of Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Bill

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

Today’s post is a guest blog from PhD candidate Nicholas Dixon of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Nicholas shares this blog on the back of his paper from the ‘Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty: Political Representation in the British world, 1640-1886’ conference. … Continue reading →

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The Representation of the People Act, 1918: A radical reform measure bill

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

This is the second in our blog series, women and parliament in this, the centenary year of the Representation of the People Act 1918. Here at the History of Parliament we are closely involved in celebrations, commemorations and projects relating … Continue reading →

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