pre reform act 1832 electoral system Flashcards
What is Patronage
Thy buying or acquisition of MP’s seats in Parliament by wealthy land owners
What percentage of MP’s were financed by lords in 1801
50%
How many different types of electoral systems were there in the boroughs
6
What was a potwalloper borough
A hearth big enough to boil a pot 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 2MP’s/pocket borough’s
why was Dunwich a rotten borough
East Anglia former borough fallen into the sea and therefore minimal voters
what was a Scot and Lot borough
vote to all male householders who paid local rates e.g. Westminster over 5000 voters but Gatton only had 6
name on example of a scot and lot borough
vote to all male householders who paid local rates e.g. Westminster over 500 voters but Gatton only had 6
which northern industrial town had a population of 250,000 people but no mp
manchester
why were Catholics unhappy with the electoral system in ireland
Restrictions on Catholics voting rights/ you couldn’t be and MP if you were catholic
when was the catholic emancipation act
1829
how many MP’s did a county return to Parliament
2
what could a 40 shilling freeholder in a country do
have the right to vote in a country
what percentage of the population could vote in 1800
11%
who could sit in the house of Lords
Hereditary peers of ten wealthy landowners
how many county constituencies were there
40 counties
how many borough constituencies were there
203
what fraction of MPs represented constituencies in the south of England
2/3
two thirds
what were the tow main political groups in parliament
Whigs and Tories
