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Labour leadership elections through the years
The Labour party’s leadership contest comes to a close this week, with the winner announced at a special conference on…
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Parliament in a portacabin: the routine maintenance of Westminster Hall in the Middle Ages
During the summer recess staff at Parliament take the opportunity to undertake repair work on the Palace. This is a…
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A tribute to Professor Paul Langford FBA
Our director, Dr Paul Seaward, and Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section remember…
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John Ramsay: The boy who saved a king
Today in 1600 James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) survived the Gowrie conspiracy thanks to the quick…
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1945 Election: A political awakening
Seventy years ago yesterday the results of the 1945 General Election were declared. Although the poll had been held on…
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Summer Events at the History of Parliament
It’s been a busy summer already at the History of Parliament. As I’m sure you know during the course of…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alex Middleton, ‘The idea of Whiggism in mid-Victorian politics’
In an excellent conclusion to this term’s seminar programme, Dr. Alex Middleton of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, discussed Whiggism in…
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Job opportunity: research assistant/research fellow, House of Commons 1832-1945 project
The History of Parliament has a vacancy for a research assistant / research fellow on its 1832-1945 House of Commons…
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MPs and Waterloo
To mark today’s anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Dr Philip Salmon, Editor of the Victorian Commons, explores the impact…
