The 1832 Reform Act enacted that the names of all those
qualified to vote should be published annually: allowing for breaks
during world wars, this has continued to the present day.
Surviving electoral registers for the county of Huntingdonshire
(and some for the Soke of Peterborough) are held at Huntingdon
Record Office.
Peterborough Central Library holds:
Microfilm copies of the Parliamentary Constituency of
Peterborough City (1832-1918) covering the Borough of Peterborough
including Longthorpe, Dogsthorpe, Newark, Eastfield (i.e. excludes
Paston, Walton, Werrington and all other Soke Villages, and all
south of the river with the exception of New Fletton in 1868 and
1885) for the years:
- 1854
- 1858-1868 (inclusive)
- 1885
Peterborough Central Library also has bound photocopies of the
Registers for October 1852, and September 1878.
Microfilm copies of Peterborough Parliamentary Division of
Northants (1918-1974) covering the City of Peterborough and all the
Soke of Peterborough villages in north Northants down to Rockingham
and Thrapston for the years:
- 1918-1926 (Spring and Autumn)
- 1927-1931 (inclusive)
- 1937 and 1938
From 1951-present Peterborough Central Library has
printed Registers for Peterborough
These are the full registers up until 2000 and the edited
version thereafter and include:
1951-1974 Peterborough Municipal Borough
Peterborough central Library also has a loose copy of the 1951
register covering Fletton, Woodston & Stanground (civil
parishes making up Old Fletton Urban District Council) and from
1957-1974 these are in with the Peterborough Registers.
1974-1998 Peterborough Municipal Borough
Significantly enlarged 1, April 1974 but reduced in 1983 when
the parishes of Eye, Newborough & Thorney were transferred to
North East Cambs Constituency; and all remaining rural areas, plus
most of Orton Township was transferred to Huntingdon
Constituency.
From 1998 Peterborough Unitary Authority
Enlarged to include Hampton.
Peterborough Central Library also has bound copies for the
Huntingdon area of Alwalton, Chesterton, Elton, Farcet, Folksworth,
Haddon, Holme, Morborne, Sawtry, Stibbington, Stilton, Water Newton
and Yaxley for the years 1976-2002.
Northamptonshire Record Office hold a complete set of Electoral
Registers for Northamptonshire from 1833-present.
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