
Continuing our series reflecting on the recent ‘Politics before Democracy’ conference, our assistant editor Dr Kathryn Rix looks at the impact of the 1832 Reform Act on the personnel of the House of Commons. In March 1833, two months after Parliament assembled following the first election held under the terms of the 1832 Reform Act, the cartoonist ‘H.B.’ […]
The ‘March of Reform’ and the changing backgrounds of 19th century MPs
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