Themes: Elections
The 1936 Preston by-election
A look at the tensions the by-election caused for Liberal National and Conservative coalition partners.
Honiton, Dumfriesshire and the Lloyd George Fund
The use of the Lloyd George Fund in two constituencies in the 1929 election.
Berwick-upon-Tweed: A venal borough?
Berwick’s reputation for electoral corruption during the nineteenth century, and the impact of bribery on voting behaviour.
Religion and politics
Religion and politics. The impact of the Bradlaugh case on the Berwick-upon-Tweed by-elections of 1880 and 1881.
Sepctacular victories
Liberal wins against the odds at general elections.
What went wrong at Darlington?
Original memo on the 1983 by-election disaster, plus commentary.
Every vote for Llewelyn Williams is a vote against Lloyd George
Examination of the February 1921 by-election in Cardiganshire, where Asquithian and Lloyd George Liberals engaged in bitter internecine warfare.
Value for money
The story of novelist Anthony Trollope’s campaign for Beverley in Yorkshire in 1868.
Hold on, hold out; we are coming
Violet Bonham Carter’s speech after the 1920 Paisley by-election.
The Inverness turning point
How the Liberals’ near-miss in the Inverness by-election of 1954 proved a turning point in the party’s fortunes.