Forest of Dean areas but the focus has been to capitalise on the scenery and to create jobs from tourist attractions and the leisure sector. Significant numbers of residents work outside the area, commuting to Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bristol, Newport and Cardiff. For hundreds of years, mining in the Forest of Dean Coalfield has been regulated through a system of freemining. This, and other forms of self-governance, coupled with the Forest's geographic isolation between the rivers Severn and Wye, has given rise to a strong sense of cultural identity in those from the area, who are collectively known as 'Foresters'. The ancient rights were
1911 Forest of Dean by-election to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. At the 1918 General Election, Webb received the coupon of endorsement from the Coalition government. 1911 Forest of Dean by-election The Forest of Dean by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Liberal Party Henry Webb Conservative Party David Hope Kyd Webb was appointed as a Junior Whip in 1912, which required him to face the electorate again, when he was