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Question 1

What changes did 1832 make to the borough franchises

Answer 1

• low rateable land values in some boroughs qualification is higher with less chance of voting

Question 2

What changes did 1832 make to the county franchises

Answer 2

• the county seat franchise grows marginally to small landowners loyal to large landowners (resulting in an inconsistency between rich & poor areas)

Question 3

What was the qualification to vote after the 1832 reform act

Answer 3

• Boroughs - £10 freeholders can vote
• Counties - £12 freeholders can vote

Question 4

How many adult males can vote from the 1832 reform act

Answer 4

• 1 in 5 adult males - 800,000

Question 5

How many boroughs were disenfranchised in 1832

Answer 5

56 rotten boroughs

Question 6

Give details of boroughs that gained seats in 1832

Answer 6

• 22 new member boroughs created

Question 7

Give one example of inequality which continued to exist after 1832

Answer 7

• Totness (179 registered to vote) had the same number of MPs as Liverpool (8500)

Question 8

Explain what the property qualification act was

Answer 8

• An income of £600 a year for county MPs
• & £300 a year for borough MPs, was abolished

Question 9

Why did the property qualification act 1858 come about

Answer 9

• Glover, an MP, was arrested after his qualification as an MP included fraud,
• failing to ignore his property was heavily morgaged,
• however its estimated over 1/2 of the MPs did this

Question 10

What changes did 1867 make to the borough franchises

Answer 10

• adult males owning houses could now vote if at least a resident for 9 months, & also lodgers of property worth £5 per annum

Question 11

What changes did 1867 make to the county franchises

Answer 11

• 1 in 3 adult males

Question 12

Give details of the boroughs that were disenfranchised in 1867

Answer 12

45 seats taken from boroughs with <10,000

Question 13

Give details of the boroughs that gained seats in 1867

Answer 13

Liverpool & Manchester get a 3rd MP

Question 14

Give one impact on parties of the 1867 reform act

Answer 14

• Party organisation developed as they began using paid local agents to recruit & retain new members

Question 15

Explain what the 1872 ballot act was

Answer 15

• it meant that voting became private introduced the secret ballot

Question 16

Explain why the 1872 ballot act came about

Answer 16

• radicals felt it would give voters greater freedom & Gladstone felt compelled to accept policy ideas radicals in order to keep his coalition together

Question 17

Explain what the 1883 Corrupt Practises Act was

Answer 17

• set a limit on expenditure & prohobited treating & bribery
• it required expenditure to be accounted for & introduced penalties

Question 18

Why did the 1883 Corrupt Practises Act came about

Answer 18

• the 1872 act didn’t stop bribery, & due to an increased electorate since 1867, more people to bribe
• e.g in Gloucester, 38% of the 5670 electors had taken bribes

Question 19

What changes did 1884 make in the borough & county franchises

Answer 19

• household suffrage & the lodger franchise was extended to the counties

Question 20

How many adult males could now vote following the 1884 reform act

Answer 20

2 in 3 adult males, so 5.7 million could now vote

Question 21

Give details of the boroughs that were disenfranchised in 1885

Answer 21

• boroughs with populations <15,000 lose their MPs
• & those with <50,000 lose 1 MP

Question 22

Why was the creation of more single member constituencies significant

Answer 22

• stops liberals & radicals sharing towns between themselves

Question 23

Outline the 2 changes that were made by the Parliament Act 1911

Answer 23

• introduction of salaries for MPs
• HofL prevented from rejecting or amending a money bill

Question 24

Which party was most likely to benefit from the Parliament Act, 1911

Answer 24

• Labour, as more w/c men can become MPs because of the introduction of MP salaries

Question 25

What changes did the 1918 Act make to the franchise

Answer 25

• women over the age of 30 win the votes
• men over the ages of 21 win the vote
• increasing the franchise from 7.7 - 21.4 million

Question 26

How changes did 1918 make to redistribution

Answer 26

• establishes 70,000 population as key unit for 1 member constituencies

Question 27

What other changes did the 1918 make

Answer 27

• returning public officers paid for from public funds

Question 28

Following the 1918 reform act, what adults remained excluded from the franchise

Answer 28

• women aged 21 to 30

Question 29

With the 1918 reform act, why did women aged 21 to 30 not get the vote

Answer 29

• could be as politicians had to cede at least some women to vote as to avoid the promised resurgence of militant suffrage action

Question 30

How many extra voters were added to the electorate by the 1928 act

Answer 30

• 5 million new voters added