Voting Behaviour in Guildford, 1790-1868

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To ascertain whether social class could be seen as a salient factor underlying voting patterns in Guildford between 1790 and 1868.

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Variables Data about electors was obtained from poll books, directories, the records of religious bodies and other sources. This information was collated so that an indication was obtained of each individual's socio-economic standing. Where possible, apart form an elector's name, occupation and vote, personal details were added:- age, religion, corporation and/or freemasonry membership, will, servants, rates/rents, landlord/tenants.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-977-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=312177f8a87c184c9c1d116cb14996071af5c9a6a3f135706fdb8118993f9de9
Provenance
Creator Sykes, R., University of Surrey
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1977
Rights No information recorded; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p>
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Representation
Language English
Resource Type Text; Numeric; Names of voters
Discipline History; Humanities
Spatial Coverage Surrey; England