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- Title
A Note on the Cost of Standing for the British Parliament: 1852-1880.
- Authors
Coats, R. Morris; Dalton, Thomas R.
- Abstract
It has been noted that the cost of running for a county parliamentary seat in nineteenth-century Britain was about twice the cost of running for a borough seat. Since there were no residency requirements and no difference in political power between the borough and county MPs, this persistent price discrepancy needs explanation. Higher informational costs in the counties may have led to fewer contested elections.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ELECTION costs; CONTESTED elections; GREAT Britain. Parliament elections; BOROUGHS; REPRESENTATIVE government; ELECTIONS; POWER (Social sciences); BRITISH politics &; government; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1992, Vol 17, Issue 4, p585
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/439868