The History of Parliament’s core work lies in researching and writing volumes depicting parliamentary life and proceedings throughout the past 700 years. These academically rigorous works contain detailed biographies of parliamentarians, studies of constituencies and introductory surveys contextualising and summarising parliamentary trends.
Our researchers often write articles surrounding the formal projects for this website. View our collections of articles from ongoing and former research projects, here.
Current Projects
Our project is separated into a number of ongoing research sections. The periods currently being studied are:
House of Commons, 1461-1504
House of Commons 1832-1868
House of Lords 1558-1603
House of Lords 1640-1660
House of Lords 1715-1790
Contemporary Oral History
Previous Publications
Many more volumes have already been published, and our previously published volumes of biographies and constituency articles can be found via our Research Hub.
House of Commons, 1386-1421, eds. Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe and J. S. Roskell (Boydell & Brewer, 1993)
House of Commons 1422-1461ed. Linda Clark (Cambridge University Press, 2020) LINK
House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S T Bindoff (Boydell & Brewer, 1982)
House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P W Hasler (Boydell & Brewer, 1981) LINK
House of Commons 1604-1629,eds. John P Ferris and Dr Andrew Thrush (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
House of Commons 1640-1660,ed. Stephen Roberts (Boydell & Brewer, 2023) LINK
House of Commons 1660-1690,ed. B D Henning (Boydell & Brewer, 1983)
House of Commons 1690-1715, eds. David Hayton and Eveline Cruickshanks (Boydell & Brewer, 2002)
House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. Romney Sedgwick (Boydell & Brewer, 1970)
House of Commons 1754-1790,ed. Lewis Namier (Boydell & Brewer, 1964)
House of Commons 1790-1820,ed. R G Thorne (Boydell & Brewer, 1986)
House of Commons 1820-1832,ed. David Fisher (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
House of Lords 1604-1620,ed. Andrew Thrush (Cambridge University Press, 2021) LINK
House of Lords 1660-1715, ed. Ruth Paley(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs, Emma Peplow and Priscila Pivatto.