British Elections 1885-1918

[countydurhamboy]

Nice maps.
Interesting, that you can still see some of the modern electoral patterns even 130 years ago. South east very Tory. West and South Ridings, Northumbria, Wales anti Tory. Midlands marginal. Then there's Liverpool... Why is Lancashire so Tory?

[countydurhamboy]

Thank you, very much appreciated. I was wondering about Durham. Explains my family voting patterns aswell I recall that Liverpool elected an Irish nationalist too.

[countydurhamboy]

Yeah, T.P. O'Connor. Who held said constituency - and always as an Irish Nationalist - until he died in 1929.

As for Durham City, the incumbent for the old City constituency actually held on by about two hundred votes in 1918, but was easily beaten in 1922 and that was the end of that. Btw, if you ever stumble across it, Beynon and Austrin's Masters and Servants: Class and Patronage in the Making of a Labour Organisation is excellent on that general period in County Durham's political history.

Thanks, I will look out for it.