This paper calls f i r the incorporation of pre-I872 (and especially early Victorian) elections into the electoral geography research agenda. It argues that early Victorian elections provide a rare opportunity to examine actual voting behaviour at the individual level and also constitute a valid focus of enquiy in their own right. The paper concludes by discussing some of the principal methodological implications of an historical electoral geography.
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