Ballot Act
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The 1872 Secret Ballot and Multiple Member Seats
In this post about the introduction of the ballot in UK elections, based on a seminar talk (click here to…
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The Secret Ballot: The Secret to Reducing Electoral Violence?
In July 1872, 150 years ago this month, the Ballot Act introduced the secret ballot to all UK parliamentary and…
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Ballot boxes, bills and unions: Harriet Grote (1792-1878) and the public campaign for the ballot, 1832-9
In part six of his article series on Harriet Grote, Dr Martin Spychal, research fellow in our House of Commons…