UK Parliamentary Archives

Featuring a cartoon of Eden and Emanuel Shinwell sitting on scaffolding erected around Big Ben with a number of waiters bringing up a large meal to them. Signed by Eden, Shinwell, Clarissa Eden, W....

Notebook used by Derek Rommel Hudson, with extracts from Parliamentary proceedings and other works, in preparation for his book "Poet in Parliament. Life of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, 1802-1839" pub...

Weedon informs Hackett that his petition is to be read in the Commons on the '26th instant'. Advises Hackett to obtain a copy of the polls from the Sheriff, Mr Hart, as precedents have been set by ...

Contemporary report of two speeches delivered by Fox in the House of Commons on 11 and 18 Feb 1784, being part of his attack on the ministry of William Pitt. In his first speech (11 Feb) he discuss...

Although this manuscript is dated 1607, the hand resembles more a 19th century one. It could have been copied from the House of Commons Journal by Joseph Conder. This is a manuscript extract of a p...

This autograph letter is entirely about Wellington's views on the Reform Bill, then in progress through Parliament, and especially concerning the tactics used by those who opposed it. He is of the ...

Although this letter was written in 1931, it relates to the intrigue surrounding the fall of the Asquith government in 1916. Chamberlain refers to his own position and denies that there was any int...

Papers relating to the Aylesbury election including the appointment of agents for the Aylesbury election by Austen Henry Layard and Sir Richard Bethell; also includes a warrant addressed to the El...

In this Order, Hatsell enpowers the Sheriffs of London to recover the "Poll Books if that cannot be done that they do apply to the Cheque Clerks of each candidate for the Books kept by them". The ...

Letter concerning the vacant seat of Weobley, Herefordshire, and the representation for this borough of the Hon. Thomas Thynne, eldest son of Lord Weymouth.