The House of Commons

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Boydell & Brewer, 1986 - Great Britain - 405 pages
The House of Commons volumes, part of the History of Parliament series, are a major academic project describing the House's members, constituencies and activities covering the period 1386-1832. Consists of biographies of every person who sat as a member of the House during the period concerned; descriptions of each election during the period in each constituency; and an introductory survey, pulling together and analysing the information given in the biographies and constituency histories.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTORY SURVEY by R G Thorne I
4
General elections
110
The Members
278
The changing face of the House and political parties
333
APPENDICES by R G Thorne
357
First ministers and leaders of the House of Commons
390
INDEX to Introductory Survey
403
List of Contributors
9
CONSTITUENCIES I
260
List of Contributors
625
MEMBERS AF I
VOLUME IV
6
List of Contributors
VOLUME V
200
MEMBERS QY I
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