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To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1841 - 1847) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.

Main Topics:

Variables Details of constituency (location, number of seats, number of registered voters) place of residence, whether father or other relative was a member of Parliament for any constituency, respondent's and father's occupations (affiliation if barrister, banking connection, business interest). Social class, whether title held, date of earliest family title, further education, entry into Parliament (date, age, whether present during 1841 election and/or 1847 dissolution), local offices held. Number of divisions in which respondent participated, the fit of each divisional decision (if it did fit) in each of the 24 scales used in the project. Issues included: political reform, income tax, corn laws, landed interest, working class distress, Ireland, religion, factory legislation, public health, Canada wheat, Poor Law, etc. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

No sampling (total universe)

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Compilation of published data plus materials from private papers, etc.