The ongoing House of Commons 1832-1868 project is a comprehensive multi-authored survey of the United Kingdom’s political system between the first and second Reform Acts. The project draws on a range of biographical, local, national and digital research methods, aiming to provide a key resource for political and local historians and all those interested in the United Kingdom’s early democratic development.
We are currently producing biographical profiles of all the 2,591 MPs who sat between 1832 and 1868, together with detailed local histories of all 401 constituencies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales during the same period. We are also developing a number of digital resources for historians of nineteenth-century British history. One of these is our preview site, which gives access to many of the 2,000-plus draft articles already completed for the project. We also provide news and highlights from the project through our Victorian Commons website, and on various social media platforms.
Staff
Dr Philip Salmon
Editor
House of Commons, 1832-1868
Philip Salmon is a political historian specialising in the long nineteenth century.
Dr Kathryn Rix
Assistant Editor
House of Commons, 1832-1945
Kathryn Rix is a historian of modern Britain, specialising in electoral and parliamentary politics in the long nineteenth century.
Dr Martin Spychal
Senior Research Fellow
House of Commons, 1832-1868
Martin Spychal is a historian of modern Britain, specialising in nineteenth-century politics, society and culture.
Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones
Research Fellow
House of Commons, 1832-1868
Naomi Lloyd-Jones is a political historian specialising in political representation, participation and opinion in Britain in the long 19th century.
Article collection
Victorian Commons
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Dr David Scott, Editor of the 1640-60 House of Lords section, explores the role of the peers in securing the …
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In his last post for the Georgian Lords, From bills to bullets: Spring 1775 and the approach to war in …
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At a special joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People and British History in the Long 18th Century …
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On 25 November 1696 the House of Commons, after a bitter series of debates, finally passed a bill that would …
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With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our …
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At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 25 November, Dr Natalee Garrett of The Open University, will …