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.

Question 13

groups who advocate for vote at 16

Answer 13

The Votes at 16 Coalition is a group run by several different campaign groups, such as the National Union of Students (NUS) and The British Youth Council.

Question 14

times vote for 16 has been brought up in parl

Answer 14

The issue was brought to parliament in 2008 in a private member’s bill sponsored by Julie Morgan, but the bill ran out of time in parliament.

Question 15

when was voting at 16 implemented

Answer 15

16-18s were able to vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum.