In the late early 18th and early 19th centuries the Westminster constituency became notorious for its contested elections amongst its free and radical electorate, as well as

for its longstanding MPs the Whig Charles James Fox, and the radical Sir Francis Burdett. [...]

The surviving documentation from the prolonged political conflict in Kilkenny which ended in 1717 enables a close investigation of the nature of party divisions in an Irish

parliamentary borough in the early 18th century. Kilkenny was an extreme case: the disruption caused by ‘the rage of party’ within the Protestant civic elite [...]

The Glorious Revolution had a profound impact on the English overseas territories in the Caribbean. In 1689, a series of Jacobite risings took place in the Leeward Islands

seeking to reverse the accession of King William III and Queen Mary II. The risings were led by Irish Catholics and drew support from the deposed Catholic King James [...]

This article offers a new angle for analysing educational reform during the English Revolution. Although many aspects of the advancement of learning between 1640 and 1660 have

been discussed, this article examines its hitherto underexplored parliamentary nature. [...]

Edward III's reign is thought to have marked an important moment in the history of the episcopate's relationship with parliament, marking the point at which prelates increasingly

neglected assemblies. In particular, it has been suggested that few of Edward III's bishops decided to attend parliaments, that episcopal attendance worsened as Edward's [...]

This article argues for the importance of the Unionists’ constitutional philosophy in the party's opposition to the third Irish Home Rule Bill. In the aftermath of the 1911

Parliament Act, which removed the house of lords’ veto, Unionists underwent ‘constitutional alienation’. [...]

In 1788, women were explicitly excluded as visitors to the house of commons. From the 1810s, small numbers sought to return to the ventilator, a cramped attic above the chamber

used by women to view proceedings below. Other women entered not by choice, but as litigants or witnesses to committees including for divorce bills. [...]

This article examines the by-election campaign in the Motherwell constituency of North Lanarkshire, Scotland, in April 1945. This contest resulted in the Scottish National

Party (SNP) candidate, Dr Robert McIntyre, gaining the party's first ever seat in parliament on the eve of the 1945 general election. [...]

To address the shortcomings associated with state ownership, countries have implemented various legal strategies to curb political influence in state-owned enterprises. This

research studies whether these strategies constrain the government's ability to use their appointment powers for political considerations. [...]