Our new blog from our assistant editor Kathryn Rix draws on her paper from the recent @HistParl and UEA_History 'Politics before Democracy' conference to look at the changing backgrounds of MPs after the 1832 Reform Act: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/the-march-of-reform-and-the-changing-backgrounds-of-19th-century-mps/ #19thcentury #legislatures #1832ReformAct

The 1832 Reform Act received royal assent #OnThisDay 1832. This blog from our editor Philip Salmon provides an overview of the Act’s significance and legacy: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/06/07/190th-anniversary-of-the-1832-reform-act/
Also looking at the impact of reform in 1832 is this recent blog from our research fellow Martin Spychal, who considered how it affected England’s constituency map and electoral politics: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/reappraising-englands-reformed-electoral-map-1832-1868-the-impact-of-the-1832-reform-act/
#1832ReformAct #19thcentury #histodons