Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• GENERAL INTRODUCTION
• PART ONE: COUNTY ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
• INTRODUCTION
• Section one: Proprietorial interests
• 1 The character of a county interest in Cambridgeshire, 1802
• 2 A justification of electioneering in Cambridgeshire, 1802
• 3 A more general justification in Westmoreland, 1806
• 4 A clash of views in Nottinghamshire, 1806
• 5 Challenging a leading interest in Cumberland, 1804
• 6 A leading proprietor decides the result of the Cumberland election, 1806
• Section two: Independent Interests
• 7 An appeal to independent freeholders in Essex, 1830
• 8 Organising an independent interest in Huntingdonshire, 1812
• 9 County resolutions for an independent member for Kent, 1820
• Section three: Electioneering
• 10 An initial address to the electors of Essex, 1830
• 11 Organising a proprietary interest in Huntingdonshire, 1826
• 12 Financing a poll in Yorkshire, 1806
• 13 Canvassing returns for Yorkshire, 1806
• 14 Canvassing Northamptonshire, 1806
• 15 Canvassing Norfolk, 1817
• 16 The hazards of canvassing Westmorland, 1818
• 17 Hustings' election addresses in Middlesex, 1806
• 18 Treating the voters in Suffolk, 1790
• 19 A candidate retires from a contest in Cornwell, 1824
• 20 Huntingdonshire election expenses, 1826
• Section four: The views of the voters
• 21 An occupational analysis of voting in Yorkshire, 1807
• 22 A possible case of victimisation in Cornwall, 1826
• 23 An offer from a Caenarvonshire freeholder, c 1789-90
• 24 A voter pursues a candidate's promises in Cornwall, 1826
• 25 A Lincolnshire freeholder's views of his rights, 1797
• 26 A vote disturbs the relationship between landlord and tenant in Bedfordshire, 1807
• Section five:
• 27 A contemporary account of the Hertfordshire by-election 1805
• PART TWO: BOROUGH ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
• INTRODUCTION
• Section one: An example of a rotten borough
• 28 Old Sarum 1802-3
• Section two: Elections in some middle-sized constituencies
• 29 The state of Helston in Cornwall, 1802
• 30 Preparations for an election at York, 1789
• 31 Strengthening an interest in Grimsby, 1818-19
• 32 A borough agreement for Fowey, Cornwall, 1819
• 33 Charitable contributions in Ipswich, 1821-6
• 34 A voter explains his thoughts about Malton politics, 1807
• 35 A subversive handbill in Abingdon, 1789
• 36 An expression of dissatisfaction with the MPs for Derby, 1823
• 37 A protest against the use of proprietorial influence in Carlisle, 1816
• 38 'Private' elections for Marlborough and Great Bedwyn, 1793
• 39 The bustle of an election in Durham, 1802
• 40 Bribery at Leominster, 1796
• 41 How votes were cast in Newark, Nottinghamshire, 1790
• 42 A Malton poll-book analysis, 1807
• 43 Dealing with erring tenants in Newark, 1831
• 44 Election expenses at Harwich, 1807
• 45 A general account of the Maldon election, 1826
• Section three: Large and Populous constituencies
• 46 Stewarding at Westminster, 1788
• 47 Electioneering at Liverpool, 1812
• 48 Organising an election at Westminster, 1818
• 49 A fierce contest at Leicester, 1826
• PART THREE: COUNTY AND BURGH ELECTION IN SCOTLAND
• INTRODUCTION
• Section one
• 50 A general view of Scottish electioneering, 1786
• Section two: County elections
• 51 Qualifying for the vote in Kinross, 1805
• 52 The registration of votes in Kincardineshire, 1808
• 53 The electoral register for Haddingtonshire, 1788
• 54 The election for Dunbartonshire, 1821
• Section three: Burgh elections
• 55 The government's hopes in six Scottish burghs in 1806
• PART FOUR: IRISH ELECTIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• Section one: The electoral resources of the major landlords
• 56 Creating 'fictitious' freeholds in Cork, 1790
• 57 A landlord's interest in Down, 1812
• 58 Landlords decide the result of the Longford election, 1807
• Section two: Independent interests in the counties
• 59 A Wexford handbill, 1790
• 60 Resolutions of independent freeholders in Wicklow, 1790
• Section three: Government interests in the counties
• 61 Crown property in Wexford, 1818
• 62 Some Galway votes made available to government, 1820
• 63 Government patronage in Westmeath, 1818-20
• Section four: The Catholic vote in county elections
• 64 County Limerick, 1807
• 65 County Waterford, 1826
• Section five: County electioneering
• 66 Canvassing the gentry in Down, 1825
• 67 The results of a completed canvass of Wexford, 1817
• 68 Polling in Down, 1790
• 69 Polling in Tipperary, 1812
• Section six: Elections in county-borough constituencies
• 70 Proprietorial and independent interests in Limerick City, 1812 and 1818
• 71 Government interests in these constituencies
• 72 Questioning prospective MP's for Dublin, 1818
• Section seven: A 'close' corporation borough
• 73 Enniskillen
• Section eight: The Catholic vote in a 'manor' borough
• 74 Mallow, 1818
• Section nine: Trinity College, Dublin
• 75 The 1818 election
• PART FIVE: SOME EXAMPLES OF EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY DEMANDS FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM
• INTRODUCTION
• 76 The London Corresponding Society 1792-5
• 77 Plans for a General Political Union 1830
• 78 The aims of the Huddersfield Political Union 1831
• 79 A Pro-reform meeting organised by the Birmingham Political Union 1832
• SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INDEX