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Tag Archives: House of Commons
Women MPs in the 1990s
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
1624 Proceedings: The House of Commons
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
Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century
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
Posted in 'The Story of Parliament', Elections, History, medieval history, Politics, Women and Parliament
Tagged House of Commons, House of Lords, Inheritance, Medieval History, medieval marriage, Medieval women, Petitions, UK Vote 100, Women, women in politics, Women's history, Women's suffrage, Women's vote
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Waiting to Succeed: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)
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
The Prime Minister in the House of Lords: Gladstone and the Irish Church bill, 1869
For the past month the government’s Brexit bill has been back and forth both Houses of Parliament, re-awakening old debates on the roles of the Commons and Lords. Here our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses a similar controversial bill 150 … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century history, 20th century history, Politics
Tagged Brexit, Gladstone, House of Commons, House of Lords, Irish Church
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Lords and Commons in Late Medieval England
As the government’s bill to trigger article 50 and leave the European Union progresses through the House of Lords, the relationship between the Lords and the Commons is once more under discussion. In today’s blog, Dr Simon Payling, Senior Research … Continue reading
How does it feel to be a new MP?
This week at Westminster MPs elected for the first time will still be finding their feet. With such a large new intake these certainly will not be on their own, but how will they be feeling? This question is one … Continue reading
