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See also pocket borough. 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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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.
- An Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales
- 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45
- 7 June 1832
- Lord Grey, Prime Minister
The Representation of the People Act 1832, known as the first Reform Act or Great Reform Act: Another change brought by the 1832 Reform Act was the formal exclusion of women from voting in Parliamentary elections, as a voter was defined in the Act as a male person. Before 1832 there were occasional, although rare, instances of women voting.
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Political and social reform in 19th century Britain. 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 disappointed. The Reform Act became law in response to years of criticism of the electoral system from those ...
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. It was a symbol of Britain’s success in achieving peaceful and progressive change, while the countries of continental Europe were either politically backward, and still dominated by the aristocracy, or subject to violent revolutionary upheaval.
The Reform Acts (or Reform Bills, before they were passed) are legislation enacted in the United Kingdom in the 19th and 20th century to enfranchise new groups of voters and to redistribute seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . These began with the Reform Acts of 1832, 1867, and 1884, to increase the electorate ...
The Great Reform Bill raised great expectations among tens of thousands of Englishmen in 1831 and 1832. Lord John Russell's measure, introduced in March 1831, certainly proposed revisions in England's political order drastic. enough to generate excitement. Fifty-six boroughs were to be completely.
