Between 1832 and 1885 West Cornwall was highly unusual in the
British electoral system. Throughout the period the division was
never contested at a general election, and the Liberals maintained
a stranglehold on both parliamentaryseats. Yet this apparent
stability disguised an often turbulent reality of party manoeuvring
and personal rivalries. Dr Jaggard's book uncovers much that has
been so far unknown about this phenomenon. The introduction
surveysWest Cornwall politics between the First and Third Reform
Acts, suggesting how the Liberals' hegemony was established and
maintained. Both the numerical strength of Methodism in the
division, together with corrosive rivalries among the county's
Conservatives, played a part, but the papers suggest other factors
at work too. Prominent among them immediately after 1867 was the
Liberal party's organisation, and the prominence within it of men
of new wealth such as the miner-banker J M Williams. As a snapshot
of the mid-Victorian electoral system in action the papers widen
our understanding of local and national politics, particularly
reasons for the electoral success of the Gladstonian Liberal party.
General
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