Representation and Reform

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Created on: 25-05-16 12:24

What were the problems with the electrol system before 1830?

Pocket boroughs-Seats guarenteed for local landowner as tenants votes,Rottenboroughs-easily bribed,MPs -only men and rich, Elections- 7 years, Lack of secret ballot,Rural bias- no MPs in Manchester(unrepresentative), Counties voters- over21 male land

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Who wanted reform?

Whigs, industrialist, working class radicals, Thomas Paine

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Who is Thomas Paine?

Wrote "The Rights of Man" condemned 1791 system as fraudulent and unjust

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Who opposed reform of the electoral system?

Tories (tradition), Mrs Hannah More, Edmund Burke

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What were terms of the Great Reform Act?

£10 a yearhouseholder franchise males,in 1831 11% of adult male could vote in 1833 18%, 1 in 5 vote

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Impact of GRA?

More representative, however no secret ballots meant corruption and bribery was still rife

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Conservative organisations?

Carlton Club by Joseph Planta 1931

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Chartist Lovett?

Moral Force

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Chartist O'Connor?

Physical force,Nothern Star

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Chartist 1st petition no. of signatures?

1839 1.2 million signatures

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Chartist 2nd petition no. of signatures?

1842 3.3 million signatures

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Chartist 3rd petition no. of signatures?

1848 5 million but only 1.5 genuine signatures

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When was the second reform act?

1867

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Who was Disraeli?

Conservative LEADER 1865-80

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Who was Gladstone?

Liberal leader from 1865-94

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Second Reform Act?

approx 1,1200,000 new voters added to 1,400,000,1 in 3 men could vote

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When was the ballotact introduced?

1872, secret ballot-reduce bribery and corruption

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