The politics of Queen Anne's reign are characterised as the rage of party; Whigs and Tories contended over religion, the constitution and the succession, and foreign policy. This struggle was taken to the electorate in five elections during Anne's reign, and these raise a question concerning electors’ motivations, the answer to which remains elusive: were they acting according to principle, or reflecting the electoral interests to which they were subject? This article analyses the two surviving poll books for Dorset elections in the age of Anne, those at Wareham in 1702 and at Dorchester in 1705. It focuses principally on the voting behaviour of those engaged in the towns’ governance structures: corporation members, councils of freemen and local parishes. However, it also considers the behaviour of other categories of voter: politicians, the clergy and non‐conformists. The analysis shows how electoral interest was mediated through the towns’ governing institutions and suggests that (at least in these two cases) negotiation between the parties had a greater role in the outcome than has sometimes been suggested. It also demonstrates the limits of the electoral influence of the boroughs’ elites: significant numbers of voters were simply not prepared to be led.
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This article uses data from 28 poll books to explore voter behaviour over time in early 18th-century English parliamentary elections (from 1710 to 1735). Voters in this period exhibited a high degree of partisan loyalty from one election to the next. But voters were also quite likely to drop out of the electorate between elections. As a case study of Sussex elections in 1734 shows, even among voters who made a definite promise to vote for a given candidate or set of candidates, there was a significant proportion who did not vote. While some non-voting can be explained as an attempt to avoid disobliging powerful patrons, this article argues that voters needed to be motivated to appear at the polls. The electoral culture of the early 18th century – treats, balls, public appearances by the candidates, etc. – should be understood as attempts to mobilise rather than to persuade potential voters.
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Cover Illustrations: Top row, left to right: Parliament House, College Green, Dublin, from James Malton, A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin (1791); The National Assembly for Wales; The Parliament Buildings, the Northern Ireland Assembly, Stormont, Belfast. Middle row, left to right: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh; The Houses of Parliament, Westminster; The Parliament House (right) and Exchequer, Edinburgh, c.1740, after a drawing by John Elphinstone (National Gallery of Scotland, Dept of Prints and Drawings). Bottom row, left to right: view of Westminster with Parliament House (House of Commons), 1641, by Wenceslaus Hollar; view of Westminster Hall, by Hollar; statue of Richard I, Old Palace Yard, Westminster.
{"title":"Cover Image, Volume 42, Issue 3","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/1750-0206.12639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12639","url":null,"abstract":"Cover Illustrations: Top row, left to right: Parliament House, College Green, Dublin, from James Malton, <i>A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin</i> (1791); The National Assembly for Wales; The Parliament Buildings, the Northern Ireland Assembly, Stormont, Belfast. Middle row, left to right: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh; The Houses of Parliament, Westminster; The Parliament House (right) and Exchequer, Edinburgh, c.1740, after a drawing by John Elphinstone (National Gallery of Scotland, Dept of Prints and Drawings). Bottom row, left to right: view of Westminster with Parliament House (House of Commons), 1641, by Wenceslaus Hollar; view of Westminster Hall, by Hollar; statue of Richard I, Old Palace Yard, Westminster.","PeriodicalId":44112,"journal":{"name":"Parliamentary History","volume":"369 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138505491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Viscount Castlereagh (1769–1822), Britain's polarising foreign secretary and leader of the house of commons from 1812–22, has been studied through the lens of diplomacy and politics, but never through the lens of mental health. As 2022 marked the 200th anniversary of Castlereagh's suicide, mental health is still the missing link in our understanding of both Castlereagh as a public and private figure and the politics of his era. This article examines Castlereagh's career through the lens of modern research on mental health, applying an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, psychology, sociology, political studies and gender studies. The article argues that applying a mental health lens helps us better understand the pressures on Castlereagh as a politician, the stresses and strains of Regency‐era politics, and how those stresses resulted in risks to mental health. Perhaps most importantly, the article concludes that Castlereagh continues to be relevant today because his story illustrates: first, the need to understand the complexity of mental health risks in politics; and second, the types of persistent mental health risks that are still relevant for today's politicians and civil servants.
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Parliamentary HistoryVolume 42, Issue 3 p. 420-422 Reviews The Restraint of the Press in England, 1660–1715. The Communication of Sin. By Alex W. Barber. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. 2022. xvii, 333 pp. £75.00. Hardback. ISBN 9781783274175. Sophie Aldred, Corresponding Author Sophie Aldred [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-9674 Worcester College, Oxford Correspondence: Sophie Aldred, Worcester College, Oxford. e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Sophie Aldred, Corresponding Author Sophie Aldred [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-9674 Worcester College, Oxford Correspondence: Sophie Aldred, Worcester College, Oxford. e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 17 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12699Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume42, Issue3October 2023Pages 420-422 RelatedInformation
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Abstract This article considers the debates generated by referendum proposals during the constitutional crisis from 1909 to 1914. None of those proposals were adopted and they have received little attention from historians but they were not without significance. Some Conservatives saw the referendum as a way of democratically protecting the right of the house of lords to veto legislation passed by the house of commons, while others regarded the referendum process as a means by which single issues could be more effectively dealt with than at multi‐topic general elections. The debates also revealed many practical problems inherent in the various referendum schemes. They were ignored in the 21st century, when Conservative governments adopted referendums as a mechanism for overcoming internal party divisions.
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Parliamentary HistoryVolume 42, Issue S1 p. ix-x List of Abbreviations ABBREVIATIONS First published: 02 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12709Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume42, IssueS1Supplement: Texts & Studies Series 19: Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680–1728 The Correspondence of the Brodrick Family of Surrey and County Cork VOLUME THREE, 1722–28, Edited by David Hayton and Michael PageOctober 2023Pages ix-x RelatedInformation
议会历史第42卷，第S1期p. x-x缩写词列表缩写词首次发布:2023年11月2日https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12709Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并在下面的复选框中分享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享一个emailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信本文无摘要第42卷，问题1补充:文本与研究系列19:盎格鲁-爱尔兰政治，1680-1728年萨里郡和科克郡布罗德里克家族的通信第三卷，1722-28年，由大卫·海顿和迈克尔·佩吉编辑2023年10月页6 -x相关信息
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Parliamentary HistoryVolume 42, Issue S1 p. 28-29 Note NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES First published: 02 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12711Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume42, IssueS1Supplement: Texts & Studies Series 19: Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680–1728 The Correspondence of the Brodrick Family of Surrey and County Cork VOLUME THREE, 1722–28, Edited by David Hayton and Michael PageOctober 2023Pages 28-29 RelatedInformation
议会历史第42卷，第S1期第28-29页注释注释编辑原则首次发布:2023年11月2日https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12711Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并勾选下面的复选框分享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享一个emailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信本文无摘要第42卷，问题1补充:文本与研究系列19:盎格鲁-爱尔兰政治，1680-1728年萨里郡和科克郡布罗德里克家族的通信第三卷，1722-28年，由大卫·海顿和迈克尔·佩吉编辑2023年10月28-29页相关信息
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