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Great excitement in the #HistParl office as our research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones gets her hands on a print copy of her special issue of Parliamentary History. It's currently free to access online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...

The afterword complements Naomi Lloyd-Jones's introduction. Together the pieces suggest how the recent revival in 19th-century political history can be sustained and taken in new directions. Lloyd-Jones's introduction can be read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

From Repertoires to Recipes: Rethinking Political Organisation in the Long 19th Century* This article examines approaches to the history of 19th-century politics in Britain and Ireland in order to propose fruitful directions for further debate. It argues that historians should return to ...

@richardhuzzey.bsky.social and @katrinanavickas.bsky.social offer some suggestions about how historians can reinvigorate and realign the study of politics at all levels in Britain and Ireland in the long nineteenth century. Read their #OpenAcess article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

English Feminists, Imperialism and the Politics of Organisation in the Irish Suffrage Movement, 1900–14* This article explores how English women's intervention in the Irish suffrage movement was both a help and a hindrance to Irish women. On the one hand, it caused political animosity and division, beca...

In this free to read article, Erin Geraghty analyses English women’s interventions in the Irish suffrage movement and how far it helped or was a hindrance.

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In this free to read article, @lauracforster.bsky.social explores socialist political lecture tours in the late 19th century and how these produced everyday, intimate experiences that could powerfully embody socialist ideas for new audiences. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

@kathrynrix.bsky.social examines the professional constituency agents of the Liberal and Conservative Parties between elections in English constituencies between 1880 and 1914. The article can currently be read for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Conservative Hold over Scottish Civil Society: Evidence from the 1854 Edinburgh Pollbook* As a carrier of influence and governance that stands distinct from parliamentary and municipal representation, civil society has been ascribed a particular layer of criticality in the Scottish exampl...

Graeme Morton’s article uses the 1854 Edinburgh Pollbook and organisational subscription lists to demonstrate how Conservative political hegemony was channelled through civil society.

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Caitlin Kitchener approaches the practice of political decision-making from an historical archaeological perspective. Using St Peter’s Field as a case study, the article views landscape as an ‘active organising agent’. Read the article for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The Somatic Crowd: The Bodily and Sensory Experience of Reform Crowds in Britain, c.1816–48* This article considers the roles that the body and the senses played in shaping the dynamics of 19th-century reform crowds in Britain. Acoustics, terrain, timing, weather and corporeal issues of hung...

In this Open Access article, @drdavesteele.bsky.social explores bodily and sensory experiences in the crowds formed by the reform movement from 1816-1848, offering new perspectives on the lived experience of popular politics and the mass platform.

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We're so excited to say that all articles in @parlhistjournal.bsky.social's
2026 Special Issue, edited by #HistParl's Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones, are available to read for free!

Click below to read the issue, titled 'The Politics of Organising in the Long 19th Century'.

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All articles in our 2026 special issue, edited by Naomi Lloyd-Jones of @histparl.bsky.social can be read free online between now and the end of June!
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In her article for our 2026 special issue, Mary O'Connor explores the concept of 'forum selection' when organising political meetings during the 1820s campaign against the corn laws in London and Lancashire. The article can currently be read for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Isaiah Silvers's (@durhamhistory.bsky.social) article on associational politics in Barbados during the early nineteenth century is currently free to read online! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Petitions and the Material Culture of Political Organisation* This article examines surviving manuscript petitions to reveal the material culture of political organisation. Conceptually, the article frames the material culture of petitions and the practices ass....

In his #OpenAcess article for our 2026 special issue, @henryjmiller.bsky.social explores petitions and the material culture of political organisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You can read the introduction of our guest editor Naomi Lloyd-Jones (@histparl.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social) to our 2026 special issue here:
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The latest issue of @parlhistjournal.bsky.social explores the practices and organisation of politics in the long 19th century.

Edited by #HistParl's Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones, this special issue can be accessed now:

I love the cover image for this special issue (which I may have had a hand in choosing). It shows 11 survivors of Peterloo assembled at Failsworth near Oldham in 1884 in support of parliamentary reform, and speaks to many of the themes contained in the special issue.

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We will be posting about individual articles over the next few weeks, but why don't you take a look over the weekend! @histparl.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @lauracforster.bsky.social @henryjmiller.bsky.social @drdavesteele.bsky.social

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The 2026 special issue, edited by Naomi Lloyd-Jones is now live! The issue is the product of a 2023 conference at @durhamhistory.bsky.social discussing collective action and the politics of organisation in Britain and Ireland in the long nineteenth-century:
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And, the winner of the 2024 Parliamentary History essay prize (and free to read!) is Sarah Moxey’s fascinating analysis of the 1945 Motherwell by-election.

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Inevitable Results and Political Myths? Ilford North's 1978 By‐Election* Reductive and teleological ‘path to power’ myths continue to underpin explanations of Margaret Thatcher's first general election success. The by-elections that eroded the Callaghan government's major...

In 2022, @marccollinson.bsky.social took a revisionist approach to the 1978 Ilford North by-election and the road to Margaret Thatcher’s general election victory a year later.

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By‐Elections and Political Change in a Local Context: The Case of the 1973 Dundee East By‐Election and the SNP With their unpredictability and occurrence in between nationwide elections, by-elections have attracted a degree of scholarly interest. However, this has focused almost exclusively on how the contest...

In a similar vein, Thomas A.W. Stewart has analysed the 1973 Dundee East by-election as a seminal moment in the SNP’s rise to become Scottish nationalism’s premier political organisation.

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‘A Nationalist in the Churchillian Sense’: John MacCormick, the Paisley By‐Election of 18 February 1948, Home Rule, and the Crisis in Scottish Liberalism Click on the article title to read more.

Likewise, Michael Dyer has explored the 1948 Paisley by-election, which has been treated as one of the steps in the emergence of the SNP as a major force.

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‘The Party Hack, and Tool of the British Government’: T.P. O'Connor, America and Irish Party Resilience at the February 1918 South Armagh By‐Election The common view of Irish electoral politics for the 1916 to 1918 period is one of major decline for the traditional nationalist representatives, the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), and the meteoric ...

Meanwhile, Erica Doherty has analysed the South Armagh by-election of 1918 as a case study showing the enduring strength of the Irish Parliamentary Party despite the rise of Sinn Fein.

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British Parliamentary By‐Elections during the First World War, 1914–18 During the First World War, British by-elections were more frequent than in either the pre- or post-war period due to the length of the parliament, the stress of the war, and combat fatalities. Due t...

In 2018, Ralph Walter examined the 118 by-elections held during the First World War, a hugely inflated number due to the length of the parliament, war stresses, and combat fatalities.

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Fixing the Membership of the Lords and Commons: The Case of Sir John Cam Hobhouse and the Nottingham By‐Election, 1834 When Melbourne replaced Grey in 1834 he looked to recruit men with experience to join his government. He enlisted Sir John Cam Hobhouse, but Hobhouse needed a seat in the Commons. This was achieved b...

In this OpenAccess article, John Beckett has written about the 1834 Nottingham By-Election, which was orchestrated by Lord Melbourne to get the experienced Sir John Cam Hobhouse into the Commons and the government.

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Legge, Bute and the Hampshire By‐Election of 1759* Click on the article title to read more.

In 2008, P.J. Kulisheck wrote about the consequences of Lord Bute’s meddling in the 1759 Hampshire By-Election.

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