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  1. Series page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: Envisioning England’s reformed electoral map
    1. 1. A balancing Act? Interests and parliamentary reform, 1780–1832
      1. The conservative defence of the unreformed electoral system
      2. The shifting parliamentary language of interests, 1774–1832
      3. Minor reform, interests and the moderate Whig case for reform
      4. The East Retford saga: turning the Canningites
      5. Conclusion: the ‘three years job settled’?
      6. Notes
    2. 2. ‘The most unpopular part of the bill throughout the country’: Reintegrating boundaries into the story of reform
      1. Developing the reform bill’s boundary clauses
      2. Anti-reform opposition to boundary reform
      3. The Times and the ‘county-mongering clause’
      4. Conclusion
      5. Notes
    3. 3. Towards a science of government: The ‘spirit of inquiry’ and the establishment of the 1831–2 boundary commission
      1. Commissions of inquiry and Russell’s initial cross-party proposals
      2. The march of Brougham, Drummond and the SDUK
      3. Science, statistics and cartography: Drummond’s inductive method for boundary reform
      4. ‘What in the world has science to do here?’
      5. Conclusion
      6. Notes
    4. 4. Whipped by the beadles? Data-gathering for the boundary commission
      1. The boundary commission and local opinion
      2. Collecting boundary data
      3. Collecting £10 householder data
      4. The £10 householder in the new boroughs
      5. Drummond’s list
      6. The response to Drummond’s list
      7. Conclusion
      8. Notes
  11. Part II: Redrawing England’s electoral map
    1. Chronology and voting data
      1. Notes
    2. 5. ‘The work we are engaged in is intended to last for a century’: Redrawing England’s ancient electoral map
      1. Defining a borough’s modern town
      2. Proposing boundaries to last for a century?
      3. Rebellion and standardisation
      4. Parliamentary approval and political impact
      5. Notes
    3. 6. The Droitwich dilemma: Interests, grouping and the multiple parish borough
      1. Finding 300 £10 householders
      2. Droitwich, grouping and the subtleties of interest representation
      3. The sitting committee, the cabinet and the Waverers
      4. The cabinet agrees a way forward
      5. ‘Deference communities’ and political impact
      6. Notes
    4. 7. ‘All the kindred interests of the town and neighbourhood’: New borough limits
      1. The identification of preliminary boundaries
      2. Proposing boundaries for the new boroughs
      3. Political interference on the sitting committee
      4. The new boroughs and the boundary bill
      5. Electoral and political legacy
      6. Notes
    5. 8. Under the knife: Reconstructing the county map
      1. Establishing the county commission
      2. Equality in population, area and voters?
      3. County divisions and political influence
      4. Places of election and polling places
      5. Parliamentary, electoral and political outcomes
      6. Notes
  12. Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

New Historical Perspectives is an open access book series for early career scholars, commissioned, edited and published by the Royal Historical Society and the University of London Press in association with the Institute of Historical Research. Submissions are encouraged relating to all historical periods and subjects. Books in the series are overseen by an expert editorial board to ensure the highest standards of peer-reviewed scholarship, and extensive support and feedback for authors is provided.

The series is supported by the Economic History Society and the Past and Present Society.

Series co-editors: Professor Elizabeth Hurren (University of Leicester) and Dr Sarah Longair (University of Lincoln)

Founding co-editors: Simon Newman (University of Glasgow) and Penny Summerfield (University of Manchester)

Editorial board: Professor Charlotte Alston (Northumbria University); Professor David Andress (University of Portsmouth); Dr Christopher Bahl (Durham University); Dr Milinda Banerjee (University of St Andrews); Dr Robert Barnes (York St John University); Dr Karin Bowie (University of Glasgow); Professor Neil Fleming (University of Worcester); Professor Ian Forrest (University of Oxford); Dr Emma Gallon (University of London Press); Professor Jane Whittle (University of Exeter); Dr Charlotte Wildman (University of Manchester); Dr Nick Witham (University College London)

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