User:Rjensen/Britain-19c-links

see User:Rjensen/subpage3/Age of Reform in Britain begun Oct 14, 2017

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• Victorian era
• Reform Act 1832
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Reform Act
  • The parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom was expanded and made more uniform through a series of Acts of Parliament, also known as --COPY EX REFORM ACT
  • Representation of the People Acts, beginning in 1832.
  • Reform Act 1832 (England and Wales), which gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas and extended the qualifications for voting.
  • Scottish Reform Act 1832, a similar reform applying to Scotland.
  • Irish Reform Act 1832, a similar reform applying to Ireland.
  • Reform Act 1867, which widened the franchise and adjusted representation to be more equitable.
  • Ballot Act 1872 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1872"), which introduced the secret ballot.
  • Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1883"), which introduced campaign spending limits.
  • Reform Act 1884, which allowed people in counties to vote on the same basis as those in towns. Home ownership was the only qualification.
  • Reform Act 1885, which split most multi-member constituencies into multiple single-member ones.
  • Reform Act 1918, which abolished property qualifications for men and introduced limited female suffrage, for women over the age of 30.
  • Reform Act 1928, which widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men.
• Elections in the United Kingdom § History
• Suffrage § United Kingdom
• Universal suffrage § Dates by country

Readings

• Woodward, Llewellan. The Age of Reform, 1815–1870 (2nd ed. 1961)