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Coleman, George

Address: Walmer Road, Deal

Occupation: Waterman

Called on: Day 13

Witness Type: Bribee

Party: Liberal

Amount Received: £4

Received From:

Axon, Henry David (Liberal)
Pearson, Samuel (Liberal)

Notes

One of the crew that were called back from Portsmouth. Received expenses in addition. He received £2 10s from Mr Axon and his wife received £1 10s from Samuel Pearson for making flags and bows.

The average amount paid for a vote was £3 or the equivalent of £291.10 today! Many people were bribed by both sides...

1881	2023
£1	£97.03
£3	£291.10
£5	£485.16
£10	£970.33
£50	£4,851.64
£100	£9,703.29
£500	£48,516.445
£10,000	£970,328.86