Voting Records of the British House of Commons, 1761-1820

Historians have been hampered by the absence of hard evidence on how MPs voted before 1836, when official records began. This has been a serious obstacle to the understanding of political decision-making in a key period of British history which saw the birth of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution. However, from 1761 enough records survive to constitute an important statistical archive.
Voting Records of the British House of Commons, 1761-1820 makes available for the first time a unique compilation of accurate voting records: an indispensable resource for parliamentary history. It details over 60,000 votes cast by more than 3,000 MPs during twelve parliaments, compiled from 597 unofficial division lists, many previously unknown. The data is of a high standard of accuracy, with lists being checked and cross-checked against all other available data.
Volume I is a handlist of divisions, with descriptive statistics and a list of sources for each division included in the database. Volumes II to IV list all votes biographically in alphabetical order. Volumes V and VI list all votes chronologically by division, with MPs listed alphabetically within each division.