Welcome to the History of Parliament

The History of Parliament is a major academic project to create a scholarly reference work describing the members, constituencies and activities of the Parliament of England and the United Kingdom. The volumes either published or in preparation cover the House of Commons from 1386 to 1868 and the House of Lords from 1660 to 1832. They are widely regarded as an unparalleled source for British political, social and local history.

PhD studentship

The History of Parliament and the University of Warwick invite applications for a fully-funded collaborative PhD award on an aspect of British Parliamentary History relating to the House of Commons in the period 1832-1867, such as studies of its institutional development, of electoral politics or of groups of MPs in the period.

NEW PUBLICATION: THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1820-32

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