Reform Acts
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- Reform Acts
- 1832
- 40 shilling county franchise was retained
- Chandos agreement gave £50 tenant farmers the vote
- Created standard borough franchise
- £10 householder
- County electorate rose by 55%
- Borough electorate increased by 40%
- 56 boroughs(0-2000) lost 2 seats, 30 boroughs (2000-4000) lost one seat, 44 new boroughs created, 65 extra county seats
- 40 shilling county franchise was retained
- 1867
- 40 shilling county franchise was retained
- Extended by giving vote to leasholders
- Borough franchise extended to all householders who lived in a house worth £10 for 12 months
- Doubled borough electorate
- Borough's with population under 10,00 lost their seats
- 11 new constituencies created
- 25 extra county seats
- 40 shilling county franchise was retained
- 1884
- Got rid of voting distinctions between boroughs and counties
- National £10 household franchise
- Followed by the 1885 redistribution act which got rid of distinctions on boroughs and counties and created constituencies
- Electorate rose by 84%, adding 2.5 million new voters
- 1918
- Gave vote to all men aged 21 and over
- Soldiers between 19 and 20 were also entitled to vote
- Women over 30 gained the vote if they were a householder, were married to one, university graduates or rented property worth £5 a year
- Enfranchised over 5 million adult males
- 1928
- Gave the vote to all women over 21
- Added 5.2 million women to electorate
- Universal suffrage was achieved
- 1832
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