Collection LCC/PER/B - NON-DEPARTMENTAL: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORAL RETURNS

135.23 linear metres

LCC/PER/B 1890-1965 Collection 135.23 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council

The first registers of voters were lists of those owing land tax, since the right to vote depended on the amount of property a man owned.

It was not until the 1832 Reform Act that the creation of electoral registers became a requirement. At first these were the responsibility of the Quarter Sessions, although from 1888 they were compiled by County Councils and from 1974 by District Councils. The registers mainly list those eligible to vote for parliamentary elections although they often double as lists for local government elections.

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council. A register for Southwark district was acquired in 2005 (B05/003).

Registers of Parliamentary electors and County electors for the County of London, 1890-1965. Also registers of Parochial electors, Ownership electors (persons entitled to vote in those electoral divisions of the County of Middlesex falling in the County of London) and lists of absent voters, including those on military service.

Chronological.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For City of London electoral registers see COL/TCD/ER; for London electoral registers 1987-1998 see PER/B and for Middlesex electoral registers see MR/PER.

For further information on the history of the LCC please see "Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council" by W Eric Jackson (1965), LMA Library reference 18.0 1965, "The London County Council 1938", LMA Library reference 18.7 SER 4, and "The Youngest County: A description of London as a county and its public services", 1951, LMA Library reference 18.0 1951.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Registration of electors Internal politics Electoral systems Elections Parliamentary elections Information sources Documents Official publications Electoral registers People People by roles Electors Electoral issues LCC , London County Council x London County Council Houses of Parliament London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council. A register for Southwark district was acquired in 2005 (B05/003).

Registers of Parliamentary electors and County electors for the County of London, 1890-1965. Also registers of Parochial electors, Ownership electors (persons entitled to vote in those electoral divisions of the County of Middlesex falling in the County of London) and lists of absent voters, including those on military service.

Chronological.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.

• English

• Latin

English

For City of London electoral registers see COL/TCD/ER; for London electoral registers 1987-1998 see PER/B and for Middlesex electoral registers see MR/PER.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English