1 franchise and suffrage

Question 1

What is suffrage?

Answer 1

The ability to vote in public elections.

Question 2

Who isn’t entitled to vote?

Answer 2

Under 18’s.
EU citizens (can still vote in local elections).
Prisoners.
Those convicted of corrupt or illegal electoral practice. They are barred for 5 years.
Those in psychiatric care.

Question 3

What did the Great Reform Act 1832 seek to do?

Answer 3

• Redistribute constituency seats more in line with population.
• Enfranchise smaller property holders and tenant farmers in counties.
• Created a standard £10 property qualification for borough voters.

Question 4

How many people were allowed to vote after the Great Reform Act 1832?

Answer 4

5%

Question 5

What happened in 1867?

Voter rights

Answer 5

Borough householders (tradesmen, shopkeepers etc.) enfranchised.

13% of adult population allowed to vote.

Question 6

What happened in 1884?

Voter rights

Answer 6

Rural householders on same footing as borough ones.

25% of adult population allowed to vote.

Question 7

What happened in 1918?

Voter rights

Answer 7

All men over 21 and women over 30 enfranchised.

Question 8

What happened in 1928?

Voter rights

Answer 8

Terms for men and women equalised (both sexes can vote at 21)

Question 9

What happened in 1969?

Voter rights

Answer 9

Voting age reduced to 18.

Question 10

Who were the suffragists?

Answer 10

NUWSS, a group of peaceful protestors with gradualist tactics.

Mostly middle class.

Question 11

Why were the Suffragettes founded?

Answer 11

The ‘cause’ was moving too slowly.

Included far more working-class women.

Question 12

What are the four main case studies upon extending the right to vote?

Answer 12

• 16 year olds (Scottish Indy Ref)
• Prisoners (The European Court of Human Rights found the UK in breach of human rights by denying prisoners voting rights. David Cameron said it ‘made him sick to his stomach’)
• Foriegn nationals with ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) in the UK
• UK passports abroad.