Voting behaviour and elections in the first age of party
Poll-books
Rutland, 1713
Finch F (Whig)
Sherard S (Whig)
Halford H (Tory)
307
298
239
Essex 1702
Barrington B (Tory)
Marshall L (Tory)
Masham H (Whig)
Bullock U (Whig)
2462
2248
2374
2120
Essex 1710
Child C (Tory)
Masham M (Whig)
Middleton I (Whig)
3268
2647
2678
Westminster 1784 – scot & lot borough
Fox (Whig/Opp)
6126
Hood (Govt)
6588
Wray (Govt)
5895
Fox = 1
Wray = 10
Wray & Fox = 11
Hood = 100
Hood & Fox = 101
Hood & Wray = 110
Hull, 1774 – freeman borough
Manners M (Govt) = 1065
Hartley H (Pro-Rockingham) = 646
Shirley S (No party) = 581
Hull 1784
Wilberforce W (Govt/local) = 867
Thornton T (Govt/Local) = 751
Hartley H (Pro-Rockingham) = 337
Questions
1. Was the ‘rage of party’ reflected by the electorate?
2. What is your interpretation of floating voters?
3. What was the turnover of electorates.
4. How did the different geographical constituencies vote (eg outvoters versus resident
voters)
5. Is there discernible occupational/parish voting?
Count of SURNAME
OCLV1
Agriculture
Building
Dealing
Domestic Service
Industrial Service
Manufacturing
Public
Service/Professional
Rentiers
Transport
Grand Total
VOTE
1
80
568
1490
196
42
1384
10
2
14
69
14
2
77
299
670
143
4872
20
57
4
259
11
4
28
1
2
29
3
67
100
8
11
38
5
1
30
101
6
73
326
23
5
247
Grand
110 Total
59
155
464
1134
1651
3602
142
381
52
104
1612
3379
7
17
5
122
50
93
18
841
342
868
76
5266
718
1708
246
11427
Count of SURNAME
VOTE
Total
1
4872
10
259
11
67
100
122
101
841
110
5266
Grand Total
11427
Count of SURNAME
PARISH
St Anne Soho
St Clement Dane
St George, Hanover
Sq
St James, Piccadilly
St Margaret,
Westminster
St Martin in the
Fields
St Paul
Grand Total
VOTE
1
296
524
10
25
26
11
10
10
100
7
15
101
58
118
Grand
110 Total
512
908
771
1464
1167
709
51
25
11
11
25
22
171
92
900
727
2325
1586
1033
78
9
26
142
1049
2337
909
234
4872
50
4
259
11
5
67
23
4
122
193
67
841
1079
228
5266
2265
542
11427