Electoral reform at work : local politics and national parties, 1832-1841 /

The Reform Act of 1832 set in motion the political transformation of Britain. Drawing on hitherto neglected local archives, Dr Salmon demonstrates how the practical details of this extensively debated Parliamentary reform, aided by the workings of the New Poor Law (1834) and Municipal Corporations A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salmon, Philip, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press, 2002.
Series:Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Local elections > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Elections > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Political parties > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Élections > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Elections.
Local elections.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Great Britain > Politics and government > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Voter registration and the reformed electorate
  • Conservative and Liberal electoral organisation
  • The election after 1832: tradition and transformation
  • Electoral behaviour in the counties: influence and independence
  • County politics and registration: case studies
  • No representation without taxation: rates and votes
  • The electoral politics of municipal reform
  • The re-distribution of English and Welsh seats in 1832
  • Voting qualifications after 1832
  • Registration and polling returns by borough and county, 1832-1839
  • The assimilation of English boroughs to the New Poor Law.

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