Reform Act 1832
- Created by: MeganBatkin
- Created on: 22-05-17 16:30
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- Reform Act: Success?
- No
- Voting requirement of £10 left working class without a vote
- Created a split between Middle and Working class, beginning Chartism
- North and Midlands were still under-represented
- Electoral malpractice increased
- "It too soon became evident that as more votes were created, more were to be sold"- Sir Thomas May
- Only aristocracy could afford to run for election
- Rotten boroughs were still a thing
- Voting requirement of £10 left working class without a vote
- Yes
- Increased electorate by 60% (to 656,000)
- Abolished 143 rotten & unnecessary boroughs
- 65 new seats (-17 in England, +4 in Wales)
- 22 new parliamentary boroughs
- Better representation of population
- No. of elections increased
- No
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