This was slowly changed and is described in the elections of MPs section later. Examples of Voting Registers are poll books and election registers. Poll books are lists of those who voted in elections, so they do not include everyone entitled to vote. They were printed after each election and were usually alphabetical by hundred and then by parishes that go to make up that hundred. In each place voters are listed alphabetically.
Occupations also appear in some.
Election registers are lists of all those entitled to a vote and were compiled annually from 1832 and are reasonably plentiful. They have not all been listed. Each of the areas contains a chronological list of all known voting registers up to 1871 which enables one to see who people voted for. The Ballot Act of 1872 brought in the secret ballot and so since this time only registers of electors are available showing who was entitled to vote. Some of these are by street, some alphabetical by voters' names.