The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses - Part 1 - The overall survey

Ball, Roger; Askew, Jane; Poole, Steve; Drury, John

Abstract

The following series of three articles examines initial public responses to the news of the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords on 8th October 1831 across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The evidential basis for this article is a dataset of 497 pro-reform related collective action events gathered from a survey of over 150 national and regional newspapers and Home Office documents during the period of October-December 1831. The dataset includes peaceful gatherings, meetings, parades and demonstrations as well as violent incidences of disturbance and riot.

Part 1 - The overall survey explains the methodology of the data gathering and provides an assessment of the observations along with maps and figures displaying the data over space and time.
Part 2 - In the metropolis… considers initial public reactions to news of the defeat of the reform bill in London by studying public meetings, protests and disturbances over the five days after the announcement.
Part 3 - Black flags and dumb peals examines the spread of the news of the defeat and the consequent public reactions across Britain and Ireland.

• Digital Artefact Type: Website Content
• Online Publication Date: Aug 18, 2023
• Publication Date: Aug 18, 2023
• Deposit Date: Aug 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 22, 2023
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11044765
• Related Public URLs: https://researchdata.uwe.ac.uk/id/eprint/757/
• Additional Information: Continued in Parts 2 and 3
• External URL: https://riot1831.com/2021/10/an-overview-of-public-responses/