Women and Parliament
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Electoral Firsts in the 1918 Election: Event Review
Today we hear from our undergraduate intern from the History department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Matthew Anderson. For…
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The politics of the royal bedchamber: what The Favourite does (and does not) tell us about party, Parliament and the court of Queen Anne
In this latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton offers some insights into the political background of the…
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Review of the Year 2018
What a year it’s been! After all of the staff changes at the end of 2017 we started the new…
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Reflections on the Vote 100 project and the Lady Astor Statue project #Astor100
The final installment for the Women and Parliament blog series in 2018 is rather appropriately written by Linda Gilroy, former…
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A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians…
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Women behind the polls: the electoral patronage of Anne St John, countess of Rochester
Earlier this month the History of Parliament Trust with partners UK Parliament’s Vote 100 project and the Schools of Humanities…
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“The Cause of Decency against Indecency”: Lady Chatham and the 1788 Westminster election
The latest post from the Georgian Lords features a guest blog by Dr Jacqueline Reiter, biographer of the 2nd earl…
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Life Peerages Act 1958: First Women Life Peers
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the announcement of the first life peers after the passing of the Life Peerages Act…
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Voice and Vote: behind the scenes
This blog looks at how the History of Parliament has been involved behind the scenes with the Voice and Vote…
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Voice and Vote: Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women – a guidebook
Dr Paul Seaward is one of the editors of the “Voice & Vote guidebook” to accompany the UK Parliament Vote…