British Radical M.P.s, 1874-1895: New Evidence from Discriminant Analysis

from Discriminant Analysis In late-Victorian Britain, it was generally agreed that the Liberal party was divided into Whigs, moderates (or Gladstonians), and Radicals, going from right to left in the political spectrum. The problem today comes in determining which Liberal belonged in which category. This difficulty applies even to the Members of Parliament, who were better known and more easily classifiable than the average voter in the country. Southgate has taken a big step toward the solution of the problem by listing the Whig families and their clients in the House of Commons.' His method of