List of illustrations

Figures

Figure 0.1   ‘Captain Thomas Drummond’, (1834) by Henry William Pickersgill, EU0046 © University of Edinburgh Art Collection.

Figure 1.1   Robert Seymour, ‘The three years job settled’, The Looking Glass, March 1830, RB.37.c.31. British Library.

Figure 2.1   John Doyle, ‘Another Sign of the Times, or Symptoms of what Modern Architects, complaisantly term–Settling’, 16 September 1831. Author’s collection.

Figure 3.1   William Heath, ‘The March of Intellect’, 23 January 1828. Author’s collection.

Figure 8.1   Thomas McLean, ‘Doctoring’, The Looking Glass, 2 February 1835. Author’s collection.

Tables

Table 1.1   Recorded use of ‘interests’ per parliament, 1774–1868.

Table 1.2   Number of parliamentarians to mention an ‘interest’ per parliament, 1802–32.

Table 1.3   Five speakers that mentioned interests the most per parliament, 1820–32.

Table 1.4   References to ‘agricultural interest’ by debate topic, 1802–32.

Table 1.5   Discussion of major interests by category of parliamentary debate.

Table 3.1   Lord John Russell’s initial suggestions to Grey for boundary commissioners.

Table 3.2   Proposed county and borough boundary committee, 1 September 1831.

Table 3.3   Working committee of the boundary commission (by district).

Table 4.1   Boroughs visited by commissioners Tancred and Wrottesley in District G.

Table 4.2   Pre-1832 size range of boroughs due to retain franchise in second reform bill.

Table 4.3   £10 householders in boroughs due to retain franchise in second reform bill.

Table 4.4   Average maximum adult male enfranchisement levels per category of borough franchise 1832–65.

Table C.1   England’s reformed constituency system and its boundary changes in 1832.

Table C.2   Major Commons votes and confidence divisions, 1833–68.

Table C.3   Support for Whig-Liberal administrations in English boroughs according to 1832 boundary changes, 1832–68 (seat count and percentage support).

Table C.4   Support for Whig-Liberal administrations in English counties and boroughs, 1832–68 (seat count and percentage support).

Table C.5   Support for corn law reform in English boroughs, 1834–52 (seat count and percentage support).

Table C.6   Support for corn law reform in English boroughs and counties, 1834–52.

Table C.7   Support for abolition of church rates in English boroughs, 1834–66 (seat count and percentage support).

Table C.8   Support for abolition of church rates in English boroughs and counties, 1834–66.

Table C.9   Support for the ballot in English boroughs, 1833–66 (seat count and percentage support).

Table C.10   Support for the ballot in English boroughs and counties, 1833–66.

Table C.11   Average vote contribution of each English constituency type, 1832–68.

Table C.12   Relative vote contribution of each English constituency type, 1832–68 (if each returned 100 MPs).

Table 6.1   Boroughs for which grouping options were identified prior to 20 December 1832.

Table 6.2   Area of boroughs extended into their parish or parishes following 1832.

Table 6.3   Whig-Liberal support by party label in English boroughs, 1832–68 (seat count and percentage support).

Table 7.1   Location of new boroughs by boundary commission district.

Table 8.1   Variation in population per county division for each county.

Table 8.2   Variation in area per county division for each county.

Table 8.3   Variation in registered voters per county division for each county in 1836.

Table 8.4   Average variation in voters per county division between 1832 and 1865.

Table 8.5   Election results in the twenty-seven divided counties 1832–65.

Table 8.6   Election results in every county, 1832–65.

Maps

Map 4.1   Three definitions of the modern town of Plympton Earle, PP1831–2 (20), xxxvii © National Library of Scotland; digital additions by author.

Map 5.1   Commissioners’ original tracing for Exeter, T72/9/15 © The National Archives; digital additions by author.

Map 5.2   Commissioners’ original map for Bridgwater with enclosed land marked, T72/8/33 © The National Archives.

Map 5.3   Published map of Worcester, with original proposal, PP1831 (141), xl. Author’s collection; digital additions by author.

Map 6.1   Proposed boundaries for grouped borough of Droitwich and Bromsgrove, T72/8/36, T72/9/9 © The National Archives.

Map 6.2   Four-mile radius around Droitwich for identifying reformed boundary, T72/9/9 © The National Archives.

Map 7.1   Birmingham, Soho, its proposed and final boundary, PP1831–2 (141), xl © National Library of Scotland; digital additions by author.

Map 7.2   Whitby and its proposed boundaries, PP1831 (141), xl. Author’s collection; digital additions by author.

Map 8.1   Lancashire and its proposed divisions and places of election, PP1831–2 (141), xxxix © National Library of Scotland; digital additions by author.

Map 8.2   Warwickshire and its proposed divisions and places of election, PP1831–2 (141), xl © National Library of Scotland; digital additions by author.

Graphs

Graph 1.1   Recorded use of ‘interests’ per parliament, 1774–1868.

Graph C.1   Support for Whig-Liberal administrations in English boroughs 1832–68.

Graph C.2   Support for Whig-Liberal administrations in English counties and boroughs, 1832–68.

Graph C.3   Support for corn law reform in English boroughs, 1834–52.

Graph C.4   Support for corn law reform in English boroughs and counties, 1834–52.

Graph C.5   Support for abolition of church rates in English boroughs, 1834–66.

Graph C.6   Support for abolition of church rates in English boroughs and counties, 1834–66.

Graph C.7   Support for the ballot in English boroughs, 1833–66.

Graph C.8   Support for the ballot in English boroughs and counties, 1833–66.

Graph C.9   Average vote contribution of each English constituency type, 1832–68.

Graph C.10   Relative vote contribution of each English constituency type, 1832–68.