Reform So That You May Preserve: Change And Continuity After 1832

Question 1

Elections after 1832: percentage increase in amount of people voting in 1832

Answer 1

It is estimated that the number of people actually voting in 1832 increased by 500%

Question 2

Tamworth Manifesto: When was it published and who was it published by?

Answer 2

It was published by the Tories in December 1834

Question 3

After general election of 1832, what percentage of MPs represented the landed interest?

Answer 3

After 1832 70% - 80% still represented the landed interest

Question 4

How many rotten or public boroughs were disenfranchised in the 1832 reform act

Answer 4

56

Question 5

How many MPs after 1832 still depended on patronage

Answer 5

60/70 MPs still depended directly on patronage

Question 6

Name some rotten boroughs that weren’t disenfranchised?

Answer 6

Thetford, Calne and Westbury

Question 7

How many MPs now represented counties?

Answer 7

144 (previously 92)

Question 8

What percentage of males could vote before and after the 1832 Reform Act

Answer 8

Before the 1832 Reform act around 1 in 10 males could voteAfter the 1832 reform act around 1 in 5 males could vote

Question 9

What percentage of males could vote before and after the 1832 Reform Act in Scotland

Answer 9

Before Act 1 in 50 males could voteAfter Act 1 in 8 males could vote

Question 10

In Ireland, what was the story with the voter qualification

Answer 10

In 1829 it had to been slashed by an increase in the housing qualification because parliament feared the rise of the catholic influence.After 1832 about 1 in 20 Males in Ireland could vote