Westminster Parliamentary Elections Act 1811
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1811 c. 126 |
(51 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXVI.
[9th July 1811]
'WHEREAS by an Actpassed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Second, intituled, An Act to explain and amend the Laws, touching the Elections of Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament for that Part of the United Kingdom called England, it is, amongst other things, provided, that the Expences of erecting Booths and of engaging Poll Clerks, should be borne and defrayed by the respective Candidate or Candidates at such Elections, in the cases and in manner as in the same Act are more particularly mentioned and provided for: And whereas the Right of Election of Citizens to serve in Parliament for the City and Liberty ofWestminster , is, by the last Determination of the House of Commons, of the Nineteenth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety five, declared to be in the Inhabitants Householders, paying Scot and Lot, of the United Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John , and of the several Parishes of Saint Paul Covent Garden, Saint Anne, Saint James, Saint George Hanover Square, Saint Martin in the Fields, Saint Clement Danes and Saint Mary le Strand , (including so much and such Parts of the said Parishes of Saint Martin in the Fields, Saint Clement Danes and Saint Mary le Strand , as are within the Liberties, Districts, Limits or Jurisdictions of the Duchy of Lancaster ) and of the Liberty or District of Saint Martin le Grand , in the County of Middlesex , and of the Precinct of The Savoy : And whereas the Number of Persons entitled to vote under and by virtue of such last Determination, is very considerable, and far exceeding in Number the Voters in many of the Counties of the Kingdom; and there is no convenient public Building within the said City, wherein to hold the Election, and to take a Poll in Writing of the Electors, in the Event of the same being legally demanded: And whereas by reason of the Populousness of the said City, the taking of a Poll in Writing is attended with considerable Expence, from the Nnmber of Clerks necessarily employed therein: And whereas Controversies having of late arisen, as to the Payment of the Expences attending the building of a convenient Booth or Hustings, heretofore usually erected for the holding of such...
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