Breath Summary Flashcards
What changes did 1832 make to the borough franchises
- low rateable land values in some boroughs qualification is higher with less chance of voting
What changes did 1832 make to the county franchises
- the county seat franchise grows marginally to small landowners loyal to large landowners (resulting in an inconsistency between rich & poor areas)
What was the qualification to vote after the 1832 reform act
- Boroughs - £10 freeholders can vote
- Counties - £12 freeholders can vote
How many adult males can vote from the 1832 reform act
- 1 in 5 adult males - 800,000
How many boroughs were disenfranchised in 1832
56 rotten boroughs
Give details of boroughs that gained seats in 1832
- 22 new member boroughs created
Give one example of inequality which continued to exist after 1832
- Totness (179 registered to vote) had the same number of MPs as Liverpool (8500)
Explain what the property qualification act was
- An income of £600 a year for county MPs
- & £300 a year for borough MPs, was abolished
Why did the property qualification act 1858 come about
- 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
What changes did 1867 make to the borough franchises
- adult males owning houses could now vote if at least a resident for 9 months, & also lodgers of property worth £5 per annum
What changes did 1867 make to the county franchises
- 1 in 3 adult males
Give details of the boroughs that were disenfranchised in 1867
45 seats taken from boroughs with <10,000
Give details of the boroughs that gained seats in 1867
Liverpool & Manchester get a 3rd MP
Give one impact on parties of the 1867 reform act
- Party organisation developed as they began using paid local agents to recruit & retain new members
Explain what the 1872 ballot act was
- it meant that voting became private introduced the secret ballot
Explain why the 1872 ballot act came about
- radicals felt it would give voters greater freedom & Gladstone felt compelled to accept policy ideas radicals in order to keep his coalition together
Explain what the 1883 Corrupt Practises Act was
- set a limit on expenditure & prohobited treating & bribery
- it required expenditure to be accounted for & introduced penalties
Why did the 1883 Corrupt Practises Act came about
- 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
What changes did 1884 make in the borough & county franchises
- household suffrage & the lodger franchise was extended to the counties
How many adult males could now vote following the 1884 reform act
2 in 3 adult males, so 5.7 million could now vote
Give details of the boroughs that were disenfranchised in 1885
- boroughs with populations <15,000 lose their MPs
- & those with <50,000 lose 1 MP
Why was the creation of more single member constituencies significant
- stops liberals & radicals sharing towns between themselves
Outline the 2 changes that were made by the Parliament Act 1911
- introduction of salaries for MPs
- HofL prevented from rejecting or amending a money bill
Which party was most likely to benefit from the Parliament Act, 1911
- Labour, as more w/c men can become MPs because of the introduction of MP salaries
What changes did the 1918 Act make to the franchise
- 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
How changes did 1918 make to redistribution
- establishes 70,000 population as key unit for 1 member constituencies
What other changes did the 1918 make
- returning public officers paid for from public funds
Following the 1918 reform act, what adults remained excluded from the franchise
- women aged 21 to 30
With the 1918 reform act, why did women aged 21 to 30 not get the vote
- could be as politicians had to cede at least some women to vote as to avoid the promised resurgence of militant suffrage action
How many extra voters were added to the electorate by the 1928 act
- 5 million new voters added
