Contemporary History

This collection of articles highlights the ongoing research of the Contemporary History section, drawing upon interviews from our Oral History Project to explore various events, themes and issues in British political history since the Second World War.

Defection, by-elections and Europe… in the 1970s.

Emma Peplow

October 8, 2014

In tomorrow’s by-election in Clacton, former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell will contest his previous seat after defection to UKIP. Carswell’s…
More memories from Westminster: New oral history material added to historyofparliamentonline.org

Emma Peplow

August 27, 2014

Our national oral history project has now interviewed more than 100 former MPs, and to celebrate we have added some…
The Miners’ Strike: 30 years on

Emma Peplow

March 19, 2014

Thirty years ago this month the miners’ strike began. One of the defining moments of modern British history and Margaret…