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The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
Reform Bill, any of the British parliamentary bills that became acts in 1832, 1867, and 1884–85 and that expanded the electorate for the House of Commons and rationalized the representation of that body. The first Reform Bill primarily served to transfer voting privileges from the small boroughs.
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In 1832, Parliament passed a law that changed the British electoral system. It was known as the Great Reform Act, which basically gave the vote to middle class men, leaving working men...
The first Reform Act. The Representation of the People Act 1832, known as the first Reform Act or Great Reform Act: disenfranchised 56 boroughs in England and Wales and reduced another 31 to only one MP. created 67 new constituencies.
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5 days ago · 1832. The first major reform of the representative system since the time of Cromwell. Lord Grey saw reform as a means of satisfying the desire of the respectable middle classes for greater representation and the character of the Act was accordingly moderate. The principal changes were: 1. Redistribution of constituencies.
Robert Pearce introduces the First Reform Act and asks why parliamentary reform succeeded in 1832 when earlier reform bills had failed. The Terms of the Act. To the Whig historians of the nineteenth century, the Great Reform Act of 1832 was a far-sighted and generous measure.
The Great Reform Act, 1832. Officially entitled "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales", this was one of several major Acts that expanded the franchise and altered the electoral system in the nineteenth century. Title. The Great Reform Act, 1832. Date. 1832. Catalogue number.
