Parliamentary History Journal
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We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.
And there are a number of articles on medieval parliaments and taxation:
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The Origins of Tunnage and Poundage: Parliament and the Estate of Merchants in the 14th Century
By establishing the dates and political context of all early grants of the subsidy of tunnage and poundage, this study provides new evidence for the relationship between parliament and the so-called ....
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And there are a number of articles on medieval parliaments and taxation:
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In 2021, an essay by the late Professor Norman Gash on Robert Peel’s economic achievement was published posthumously:
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The Economic Achievement of Sir Robert Peel 1841–6*
Norman Gash (1912–2009), the leading authority on the ‘age of Peel’, died on 1 May 2009, having left instructions to his daughters that the bulk of his private correspondence and personal papers shou...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In 2021, an essay by the late Professor Norman Gash on Robert Peel’s economic achievement was published posthumously:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Jon Kukla has reconsidered George Grenville’s postponement of the Stamp Act and its impact on debate about empire:
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Jon Kukla has reconsidered George Grenville’s postponement of the Stamp Act and its impact on debate about empire:
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And Peter Laugharne has delved into the creation, membership, and work of the Treasury and Civil Service select committees from 1979-90:
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The Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee during the Thatcher Administration
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November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And Peter Laugharne has delved into the creation, membership, and work of the Treasury and Civil Service select committees from 1979-90:
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Stephen Evans has analysed the experience of One Nation Conservatives in the Thatcher period, including Francis Pym’s short-lived ‘Conservative Centre Forward’:
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Touching from a Distance: The Younger Generation of One Nation Conservatives and Thatcherism
It is argued here that the younger generation of One Nation Conservatives made a concerted effort to conform to the requirements of the free market agenda of the Thatcher governments during the 1980s...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Stephen Evans has analysed the experience of One Nation Conservatives in the Thatcher period, including Francis Pym’s short-lived ‘Conservative Centre Forward’:
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In 2022, @marccollinson.bsky.social critically reassessed the Conservative victory in the 1978 Ilford North 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...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In 2022, @marccollinson.bsky.social critically reassessed the Conservative victory in the 1978 Ilford North by-election:
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See James E. Bradley's 2008 article for a broader approach on the print culture and petitioning during the period: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Parliament, Print Culture and Petitioning in Late Eighteenth‐Century England
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October 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
See James E. Bradley's 2008 article for a broader approach on the print culture and petitioning during the period: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Perri Gauci discusses the role of the West Indies in these election campaigns: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Parliament, Print Culture and Petitioning in Late Eighteenth‐Century England
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October 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Perri Gauci discusses the role of the West Indies in these election campaigns: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
And, last but not least:
Ben Sayle on ‘Constitutional Alienation’ and the Unionist Party During The Ulster Crisis, 1911–1914’
Sarah Moxey on ‘A Motherwell Miracle and A Sponsorship Saga: The Motherwell By–election, 1945’
Ben Sayle on ‘Constitutional Alienation’ and the Unionist Party During The Ulster Crisis, 1911–1914’
Sarah Moxey on ‘A Motherwell Miracle and A Sponsorship Saga: The Motherwell By–election, 1945’
September 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And, last but not least:
Ben Sayle on ‘Constitutional Alienation’ and the Unionist Party During The Ulster Crisis, 1911–1914’
Sarah Moxey on ‘A Motherwell Miracle and A Sponsorship Saga: The Motherwell By–election, 1945’
Ben Sayle on ‘Constitutional Alienation’ and the Unionist Party During The Ulster Crisis, 1911–1914’
Sarah Moxey on ‘A Motherwell Miracle and A Sponsorship Saga: The Motherwell By–election, 1945’
Harry M. Lewis on ‘Securing a Parliament of Protestant Planters in St. Kitts, 1688–1727’
D.W. Hayton on ‘Party Conflict in an Irish parliamentary borough in the early eighteenth century: The origins of the Kilkenny Corporation Act of 1717’
D.W. Hayton on ‘Party Conflict in an Irish parliamentary borough in the early eighteenth century: The origins of the Kilkenny Corporation Act of 1717’
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Harry M. Lewis on ‘Securing a Parliament of Protestant Planters in St. Kitts, 1688–1727’
D.W. Hayton on ‘Party Conflict in an Irish parliamentary borough in the early eighteenth century: The origins of the Kilkenny Corporation Act of 1717’
D.W. Hayton on ‘Party Conflict in an Irish parliamentary borough in the early eighteenth century: The origins of the Kilkenny Corporation Act of 1717’
It’s also exciting to have doctoral student @chloechallender.bsky.social contributing ‘Ringside seat? Women’s modes of entry to the early 19th century parliament’, which promises to be a fascinating read!
September 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It’s also exciting to have doctoral student @chloechallender.bsky.social contributing ‘Ringside seat? Women’s modes of entry to the early 19th century parliament’, which promises to be a fascinating read!
2/ to mark the bicentenary of Catholic emancipation, edited by Ashley Walsh of Cardiff University and Peter Walker of the University of Wyoming
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2/ to mark the bicentenary of Catholic emancipation, edited by Ashley Walsh of Cardiff University and Peter Walker of the University of Wyoming