Go Erment Flashcards
What is patronage
The buying or acquisition of MPs seats in parliament by wealthy land owners
What % of MPs were financed by lords in 1801
50%
How many different types of electoral systems were there in the boroughs
6
What was the potwalloper borough
Required a hearth big enough to boil a pot on to be able to vote
What was a pocket borough
A borough where the MP was in the pocket of the land owner/ lord (patronage) small borough easily manipulated by land owner
Why was Old Sarum a problem?
Only 7 voters but 2 MPs/ pocket borough
Why was Dunwich a rotten borough
East Anglia former borough fallen into the sea and therefore minimal voters
What was the Scot and Lot borough
Vote to all male householders who paid local rates e.g. Westminster over 5000 voters but Gatton only had 6
Which northern industrial town had a population of 250000 people but no MP
Manchester
Why were catholics unhappy with the electoral system in ireland
Restrictions on Catholics voting rights/ you couldn’t be an MP if you were catholics
When was the Catholic Emancipation act
1829
How many MPs did a county return to parliment
2
What could a 40 shilling freeholder in a county do
Have the right to vote in a county
What percentage of the population of Could vote in 1800
11%
Who could sit in the house of lords
Hereditary peers often wealthy landowners
