Significance Of The Great reform Act 1832

Question 1

How many boroughs were disenfranchised in England and Wales

Answer 1

56

Question 2

How many extra seats did Scotland and Ireland receive

Answer 2

Scotland 8 and Ireland 5

Question 3

Who was given the vote in counties

Answer 3

Adult males who owned property worth £10 a year ( voters required to register)

Question 4

Who was given the vote in boroughs

Answer 4

Vote made uniform and given to adult males who owned or rented property worth £10 a year ( voters required to register)

Question 5

Issue with the changes

Answer 5

£10 a year still actively denies W/c the right to vote and even some lost the vote through the removal of potwalloper rotten boroughs

Question 6

How much did the electorate grow

Answer 6

366000 to 650000 which was 18% of the male population therefore it didn’t create democracy but Removed obvious injustices however the majority of the electorate were middle class businesses men who didn’t represent the wider public

Question 7

Disproportionate spread of MPs

Answer 7

370 MPs came from the south of England when only 20 came from the more densely populated north