The Planet Reigate Podcast
43: A little bit of France in Redhill, Reigate’s rogue MPs from history… and more
Peter Stewart
Now, treating was the offer of any food, drink, gifts or other enticements to get people in the constituency to vote for you. And in 1866, the good people of Reigate presented a petition to Parliament to hold an inquiry and Hansard records that £5 was about the going rate for a vote in Reigate. £5.
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