Weymouth down through it’s past history had a record of being a ‘rotten borough’ when it came to electing M.P’s. It had one of the highest number of M.P’s for a town so small as this! At one time we could send 4 to the houses of Parliament. Well, when I say we, what was…
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Reluctant Weymouth Voters of 1835
But despite the committee’s numerous efforts to rouse any interest in what should have been a grand occasion, out of the 600 people eligible to vote in the town, only 53 of those could be persuaded to attend to meal…and they even had to give the tickets away to entice them to the event.
VICTORIAN TALES FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND 