HCP session | Volume(s) containing reports on election petitions | Ref index volume |
---|---|---|
1872 | 47 | [1] |
1874 | 53 | [2] |
1880 s.2 | 57-58 (v58 is present) | [3] |
1883 | 54 | [4] |
1886 | ? | ? |
1887 | 66 | [5] |
1893-4 | 70 (not the same as 1894 v70) | [6] |
1896 | 67 | [7] |
Reports from Select Committees and other papers on corrupt practices, and other matters relating to elections : with proceedings, minutes of evidence, appendices and indices, 1870-98. Shannon: Irish University Press. 1971. ISBN 978-0-7165-1146-5 – via Open Library.
- includes HCP 1886 177 and 1887 90, already in refs;
- also 1897 347 and 1898 340 are Sel Cttees on Election Petitions
Erskine May 14th (1946) ed on suspension of writs and partial or total disfranchisement consequent on corruption — applied only to boroughs, not counties. The 20th (1983) ed (pp 35-36) was last to list "occasions when writs have been suspended".
index 1900 to 1949 ELECTIONS–ELECTORS
- III. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS Nos 4 (Shrewsbury town councillor) and 14 (Worcester 1906 see below)
- V. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS (just the ones already in refs):
Command papers with commission investigations into corrupt practices
- C.15 and C.16 Beverley 1870
- C.1441 and C.1441-I Boston 1876
- C.2775 and C.2775-I Canterbury 1881
- C.2777 and C.2777-I Knaresborough 1881
- C.2784 and C.2784-I Boston 1881
- C.2796 and C.2796-I Sandwich 1881
- Cd.3268 and Cd.3269 Worcester 1906 xcv 473 and 485