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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

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DOI https://doi.org/10.14296/mpgh8387

Cover image: Composite image of ‘The Constitution of 1832’, Thomas Starling, Geographic Annual of Family Cabinet Atlas (1833).

Cover design for University of London Press by Nicky Borowiec.

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