Tag Archives: Electoral Reform

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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