the franchise's significance for reform
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- Created on: 23-12-20 14:43
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- the franchise 1780 and its significance for representation of the people
- the county franchise
- right to vote established during Henry VI 1430
- gave vote to all freeholder of property worth 40 shillings
- rising price of land and inflation had increased the number of men qualified for franchise
- right to vote established during Henry VI 1430
- the borough franchise
- borough franchise not uniform with wide variations
- open
- vote exercised by men who met various qualifications e.g payment of local poor rates or who were in the constituency
- scot and lot
- gave vote to males who paid local tax
- burgage
- right to vote to those who owned various properties
- corporation
- voters are members of council
- treasury
- vote to chief employers in a town
- pocket/rotten boroughs
- most property owned by one person who could nominate chosen candidate
- potwalloper
- vote to those who have a hearth big enough to poil a pot
- the size of the electorate
- impossible to tell as registration of electors not established until reform act 1832. survey says in 1780 214,000 electors out of population of 8 million
- elections and interests
- lots of bribery e.g large quantities of food and bear to voters
- elections were colourful events and thousands of people turned up to watch the progress of the polls
- the county franchise
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