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Liberal Party question on electoral reform: proposed deputation urging the appointment...
Catalogue reference: PREM 11/865
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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Liberal Party question on electoral reform: proposed deputation urging the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate system used for national and local politics
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Democracy
- Electoral reform
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Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1951-1964
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