redistrabution of the seats to the house of commons - did attmpts lead to britain becoming a more denocratic country by 1918

Question 1

In order to be considered fully democratic what must all voters be and what had to happen for this to be achieved

Answer 1

all voters must be fairly and evenly represented in the House of Commons and in order to achieve this the redistribution of the seats became necessary

Question 2

why and after what year did the redistribution of the seats become necessary?

Answer 2

After 1867 redistribution of the seats to the House of Commons became necessary due to industrial growth and to ensure ever expanding towns and cities were being fairly represented

Question 3

KU - what was the second reform act 1867 the first atempt to do..

Answer 3

the introduction the second reform act was the first attempt made to reorganise constituencies so that the voters from growing towns and cities could be recognised

Question 4

KU - what did the representation of the people act 1918 draw

Answer 4

it drew constituency boundaries which meant that each MP represented aprox 70,000 voters

Question 5

This therefor means that Britain did become a more democratic country by 1918 as the attempts made to reorganise constituencies meant

Answer 5

meant that one MP represented a similar number of voters and larger towns and cities gained an additional MP

Question 6

however Britain was not yet a fully democratic country by 1918 because whilst the attempts made to reorganise constituencies where somewhat successful after 1867…..

Answer 6

that year 52 boroughs lost their right to an MP and after 1885 this increased by a further 115 meaning although constituency boundaries where being drawn britain was not in a good position to suggest seats where evenly distributed in the commons

Question 7

upon evaluation it would not be accurate to describe britain as a fully democratic country by 1918 (when considering the attempts made to redistribute the seats to the house of commons) because…

Answer 7

whilst the representation of the people act, 1918 drew constituency boundaries it wasn’t until after this date that clear atempts where made to in-force this and voters where formally aligned per MP all across the country