Tag Archives: House of Commons

‘Matters far beyond their reach or capacity’: Parliament and foreign policy in 1621

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

As Parliament continues to debate Brexit, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section examines how the House of Commons first won the right to influence policy towards Europe… The scenario might seem familiar: a government deeply divided over the future … 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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Duchesses in the Gallery: women watching the eighteenth-century House of Commons

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

This month’s installment of our ‘Women and Parliament’ blog series comes from the HPT’s Dr Paul Seaward, who is currently holder of a British Academy / Wolfson Foundation Research Professorship for his project, Reformation to Referendum: Writing a New History of … Continue reading →

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Women MPs in the 1990s

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

This month’s blog for the Women and Parliament series as part of our activities in celebration of the centenary of the Representation the People Act 1918, which allowed some women to vote in the UK for the first time, comes … Continue reading →

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1624 Proceedings: The House of Commons

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

Today Philip Baker, former Research Fellow of the History of Parliament and Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, explains the background to and completion of a History of Parliament project for which he was Editor. This new online resource provides access to primary … Continue reading →

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Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

2018 is the centennial anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 under the terms of which, for the first time in the history of the British Politics, some women were permitted to vote in Parliamentary elections. In order … Continue reading →

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Waiting to Succeed: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

Last month the Prince of Wales became the longest-serving holder of that title. The role of Prince of Wales was politically very different in the Georgian period and none of the four princes who held the title during the 18th … Continue reading →

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