Franchise

Question 1

The great reform act 1832

Answer 1

-abolishing the separate representative of the most under-populated rotten boroughs- creating seats for urban areas such as Manchester
-Granted votes to tenant farmers and smaller prop holders
-created a standard qualification for the franchise in boroughs
—electorate incr to 650,000 approx 5% of adult population

Question 2

1838 People’s charter

Answer 2

-drawn up by London Working men’s assosciation by WIlliam Lovett and Francis Place
Petition incl;
-all men to have the vote
-Voting should take place by secret ballot
-parl elec every year- not 5
-constit of equal size
-MPs paid
-property qual for being an MP should be abolished

Question 3

1867 voting extended to…

Answer 3

Borough householders (e.g tradesmen, shopkeepers) enfranchised
Electorate 13% of adult population

Question 4

Secret ballot act

Answer 4

1872

Question 5

1884 voting rights…

Answer 5

Rural householders (e.g farm workers, miners) put on same footing as borough ones
Elec over 5mil 25% of adult population

Question 6

Redistribution act 1885

Answer 6

Re-drew boundaries of constituency
Roughly same size based on ‘pursuits of the people’.. created middle class + ‘Village Toryism’

Question 7

1918 voting rights…

Answer 7

All men over 21 & women over 30 enfranchised
75% of adult population can vote

Question 8

1928 voting rights…

Answer 8

Full adult suffrage… both genders can vote at 21

Question 9

End of plural voting

Answer 9

1948

Question 10

Voting age reduced to 18

Answer 10

1969… reflecting changing attitudes in society