my ancestors constituencies

[nudge67]

Before I began, this post is intended to be apolitical, I'm an Aussie, so have no dog in this fight.

In light of the recent election, I thought it an interesting exercise to see what constituencies my ancestors came from when they migrated in the mid-19th century. I identified 18 in all, mostly in the southwest of England.

before this election, 14 were Conservative, 2 Labour, 1 Lib-Dem, 1 SNP

after this election, 8 are Labour, 5 Conservative, and 5 Lib-Dem

with 10 out of 18 constituencies changing hands, that's quite the change!

[Erato]

I'm always interested to know the political orientation of ancestors.  Some of them made it perfectly clear.

"Dear Editor:  In Saturday's Constitution-Tribune my name was on the list of Democratic judges for the August 7 primary. I am not and never have been a Democrat, Please make correction. Waldo W. Chapman."

[martin hooper]

And of course back in Victorian days and earlier Poll Books were published showing how each person voted. No secret ballots back then.



Martin

[Top-of-the-hill]

  If they had a vote!

[martin hooper]

Indeed! Only a very few of my ancestors had the vote.

Martin

[Erato]

I have the full range - a lot of Republicans (back in the day when it was respectable), a good many Democrats, a handful of Socialists and two or three Communists.