Unit 1 Politics Acts 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsDemocracyA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: SamBioCreated on: 15-06-21 10:09 Magna Carta - Reduced corruption - Controlled the power of Kings - Equalising the law for everyone - Written in 1215 1 of 6 1832 Great Reform Act - Gave small landowners the ability to vote for the first time - Abolish rotten boroughs - Created 67 new constituencies - Reduced 31 boroughs to only one MP, disenfranchised 56 boroughs in England and Wales 2 of 6 1918 Representation of the People Act Gave the vote to: - Women over 30 who owned property, or who had a husband who owned property. - All men over the age of 21 3 of 6 1928 Representation of the People Act Voting age lowered to 21 for both men and women 4 of 6 1969 Representation of the People Act Lowered voting age to 18 for all 5 of 6 1998 Human Rights Act First time Human Rights had been legislated Problematic - undermined the European Act, which already existed. Controversial 6 of 6
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