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Summary information

Study title

Members of the House of Commons : London, 1852-1867

Creator

Baer, M., Frostburg State College, Department of History

Study number / PID

218 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-218-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1852 - 1867) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.
Main Topics:

Variables
Political party of respondent, whether married at time of election, nationality, date and place of birth, occupation, social class, whether titled, legal status, career history, office held, membership of clubs, details of elections fought and results, number of relatives involved in politics. Respondent's voting behaviour for issues between 1852 and 1867, for example: franchise, ballot procedures, church rates, Ireland, foreign policy, education, armed forces, taxes, etc.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Topics

Elites and leadershipGovernment, political systems and organisationsHistory

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM (ELSST)AGE (ELSST)AIR POLLUTION (ELSST)ALCOHOLIC DRINKSARMED FORCES (ELSST)ATTITUDES (ELSST)BRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCATTLE (ELSST)CLUBS (ELSST)CONSTITUENCIES (ELSST)DEATH PENALTY (ELSST)DIVISIONS
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Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Groups
Subnational
Elites
Members of Parliament
Parliamentary candidates

Universe

Members of Parliament elected from Greater London between 1852 and 1868 plus unsuccessful candidates

Sampling procedure

51 successful candidates
32 unsuccessful candidates

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Compilation of published data plus materials from private papers etc.

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1977

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Kitson Clark, G. and Aydelotte, W. (1962) 'The business interests of the gentry in the Parliament of 1841 - 1847' , London: Routledge, 290-305.
  • Baer, M. (1976) The politics of London, 1852 - 1868: parties, voters and representation, [Thesis], Iowa City, USA: University of Iowa.