May
1741
Leicestershire
Contested
GENERAL ELECTION
In the general election of May 1741, people voted. There were 3 candidates, with Thomas Cave & Edward Smith elected.
Poll book data from:
Citation: The poll for knights… (London: James Bettenham, 1742)
Source: John Sims (ed.), A Handlist of British Parliamentary Poll Books (Leicester, 1984); Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers (eds.), Poll Books, 1696–1872: A Directory of Holdings in Great Britain (4th edn., Bury, 2008); L. W. L. Edwards (ed.), Catalogue of Directories and Poll Books in the Possession of the Society of Genealogists (4th edn., 1984).
Timeline & Key Statistics
Cultural Artefacts
Poll Book
Below is a digitised version of the poll book for this election:
