Voting behaviour and elections in the first age of party

Poll-books
Rutland, 1713
Finch F (Whig)
Sherard S (Whig)
Halford H (Tory)

307
298
239

Essex 1702
Barrington B (Tory)
Marshall L (Tory)
Masham H (Whig)
Bullock U (Whig)

2462
2248
2374
2120

Essex 1710
Child C (Tory)
Masham M (Whig)
Middleton I (Whig)

3268
2647
2678

Westminster 1784 scot & lot borough

Fox (Whig/Opp)
6126
Hood (Govt)
6588
Wray (Govt)
5895
Fox = 1
Wray = 10
Wray & Fox = 11
Hood = 100
Hood & Fox = 101
Hood & Wray = 110
Hull, 1774 freeman borough
Manners M (Govt) = 1065
Hartley H (Pro-Rockingham) = 646
Shirley S (No party) = 581
Hull 1784
Wilberforce W (Govt/local) = 867
Thornton T (Govt/Local) = 751
Hartley H (Pro-Rockingham) = 337
Questions
1. Was the rage of party reflected by the electorate?
2. What is your interpretation of floating voters?
3. What was the turnover of electorates.
4. How did the different geographical constituencies vote (eg outvoters versus resident
voters)
5. Is there discernible occupational/parish voting?

Count of SURNAME
OCLV1
Agriculture
Building
Dealing
Domestic Service
Industrial Service
Manufacturing
Public
Service/Professional
Rentiers
Transport
Grand Total

VOTE
100
8
11
38
5
1
30

101
6
73
326
23
5
247

Grand
110 Total
59
155
464
1134
1651
3602
142
381
52
104
1612
3379

67

7
17
5
122

50
93
18
841

342
868
76
5266

10
25
26

11
10
10

100
7
15

101
58
118

Grand
110 Total
512
908
771
1464

1167
709

51
25

11
11

25
22

171
92

900
727

2325
1586

1033

78

26

142

1049

2337

909
234
4872

50
4
259

11
5
67

23
4
122

193
67
841

1079
228
5266

2265
542
11427

1
80
568
1490
196
42
1384

10
2
14
69
14
2
77

299
670
143
4872

20
57
4
259

1
296
524

11
4
28
1
2
29
3

718
1708
246
11427

Count of SURNAME
VOTE
Total
1
4872
10
259
11
67
100
122
101
841
110
5266
Grand Total
11427

Count of SURNAME
PARISH
St Anne Soho
St Clement Dane
St George, Hanover
Sq
St James, Piccadilly
St Margaret,
Westminster
St Martin in the
Fields
St Paul
Grand Total

VOTE