Small Town Politics in Mid‐Victorian Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9880919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin Jaggard (Edith Cowan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 293 |
| Pages | 3-29 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0018-2648.2004.00285.x |
| OpenAlex | W2014648723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Electoral politics in the small towns of England and Wales between the First (1832) and Second (1867) Reform Acts have been dismissed by historians as corrupt or controlled by influential patrons. This article uses qualitative and quantitative data to reveal that voters in these small boroughs demonstrated a surprising degree of party loyalty, with the politics of influence less obvious that those of principle. The article concludes that these towns, which elected almost one‐third of the membership of the House of Commons, exhibited a far more vibrant political milieu than was previously thought
Commons · Electoral politics · Electoral reform · House of Commons · Loyalty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |