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By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 (Hardcover, New)
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By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 (Hardcover, New)
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Explores the many issues surrounding by-elections in the period
which saw the extension of the franchise, the introduction of the
ballot, and the demise of most dual member constituencies. Between
the 1832 Great Reform Act and the outbreak of World War One in
1914, over 2,600 by-elections took place in Britain. They were
triggered by the death, retirement or resignation of sitting MPs or
by the appointment of cabinet ministers and were a regular feature
of Victorian and Edwardian politics. They furnished political
parties and their leaders with a crucial tool for gauging and
mobilising public opinion. Yet despite the prominence of
by-election contests in the historical records of this period,
scholars have paid relatively little attention to them. As this
book shows, these elections deserve to be taken as seriously today
as people took them at the time. They providedimportant linkages
between local and national politics, between the four parts of the
United Kingdom and Westminster, and between foreign and domestic
affairs. They are vital to understanding the evolving
electioneering machineries, the varying language of electoral
contests, the traction that particular issues had with a growing
and frequently volatile electorate, and the fluctuating fortunes of
the political parties. This book, consisting of original work by
leading political historians, provides the first synoptic study of
this important subject. It will be required reading for historians
and students of modern British political history, as well as
specialists in electoralhistory and politics. T. G. Otte is
Professor of Diplomatic History at the University of East Anglia.
He is the author and/or editor of some thirteen books. Among the
most recent is The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British
Foreign Policy, 1865-1914; Paul Readman is Senior Lecturer in
Modern British History at King's College London. He is the author
of Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity and
the Politics of Land 1880-1914. Contributors: Luke Blaxill, Angus
Hawkins, Geoffrey Hicks, Phillips Payson O'Brien, T.G. Otte, Ian
Packer, Gordon Pentland, Paul Readman, Kathryn Rix, Matthew
Roberts, Philip Salmon, Anthony Taylor
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