Historical UK By-Elections Discussion Thread

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Orpington is over-rated; the reason why it became so iconic was simply because it was close to London. I suppose the fact that Lubbock managed to get re-elected a couple of times helped.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

So in other words, kind of like Brent East?

In some ways but the media fuss was much greater because the Liberals were widely regarded (not entirely fairly, not entirely unfairly) as a moribund piece of historical detritus, while the LibDems were a much more established party with a significant presence in the Commons.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Does anyone know where I can find detailed maps of British parliamentary constituencies?  I am looking for a British equivalent of this:  govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd

The official maps are at www.election-maps.co.uk. There's also the map viewer at Neighbourhood Statistics.