Parliamentary Reform - The Representation of the People Act 1884 Flashcards

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What was the pressure to pass the Act - What did Gladstone believe

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Gladstone (Lib PM after the election of 1880) believed that if urban working classes could vote, so too should rural working classes

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What was the pressure to pass the Act - What was the attitude of Con leader Salisbury?

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Salisbury, the Con leader, was anti-reform but saw that it was better to control the inevitable change rather than be left behind by it

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What was the pressure to pass the Act - What was the role of extra-P?

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Extra-P pressure was not a feature of this Act

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What was the pressure to pass the Act - How was it seen by Derby?

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Seen as a ‘leap in the dark’ by Con PM Lord Derby

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What did the act do - What happened to the property qualification?

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Property qualification was standardised between boroughs and counties so that poor labourers and tenant farmers had the £10 qualification

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What was the impact of the act - Electorate numbers?

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Added 2.5 million working class voters, so about 67% of the adult male pop could vote

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What was the impact of the act - Residiuum and women?

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Still excluded the ‘residuum’ working class and all women

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