turning point essay

Question 1

short term effects of 1832

Answer 1

✔1/5 adult males can vote (artisans and m/c)
✔ fewer pocket boroughs
✖ Equal electoral districts still did not exists. London and North still underrepresented

Question 2

long term effects of 1832

Answer 2

✔influence of Lords and crown reduced 
✔rise in contested elections
✖not all convinced of needs for further reform
✖Grey preserved aristocratic gov
✖corruption and bribery continue 
✖landed interests still dominate

Question 3

long term effects of 1858

Answer 3

✔ Property qualification was exposed as a sham and abolished

Question 4

short term effects of 1867

Answer 4

✔1/3 adult males can vote - household franchise
✔Borough electorate grows 134% and w/c dominate borough electorate for first time
✖ those on poor relief, living with parents or with less than a years residency could not vote
✖over representation continued
✖most laborers still could not vote

Question 5

long term effects of 1867

Answer 5

✔party organisation develops. paid local agents
✔more contested seats
✔larger electorate meant more social reform
✔stricter party discipline
✖landed interest still dominate in counties
✖ social composition of MPS changes little

Question 6

short term effects of 1872

Answer 6

✖many overlooked the secrecy of the ballot

Question 7

long term effects of 1872

Answer 7

✔more representative and democratic

✔increased efficiency of electoral process

Question 8

long term effects of 1883

Answer 8

✔amount per votes falls 18s8d - 3s4d

✖ MPs still not paid so 20% still not contested

Question 9

short term effects of 1884

Answer 9

✔2/3 adult men could vote (some agricultural labourers and miners)
✔2.5 m new voters 
✔redistribution of rural seats 
✖plural voting remained
✖ complex process disenfranchised many

Question 10

long term effects of 1884

Answer 10

✔ in 1885 workers outnumbered landowners in HoC for first time
✔ decline of aristocratic influence as result of redistribution

Question 11

short term effects of 1885

Answer 11

✔London MPs 22 –> 59
✖ North still underrepresented
✖Ireland still over represented

Question 12

long term effects of 1911

Answer 12

✔ commons could overrule lords sometimes
✔ Lords’ power significantly reduced
✔Bonar-Law was m/c
✔Working men could be MPs

Question 13

short term effects of 1918

Answer 13

✔all adult men and women over 30 could vote
✔Franchise 7.7m –> 21.4m
✖ complexities of voting disenfranchised c7% of men

Question 14

long term effects of 1918

Answer 14

✔ women over 30 could be MPs
✔Boost for labour: cheaper elections and paid MPs
✔enfranchisement and payment of w/c MPs
✖ plural voting remains

Question 15

short term effects of 1928

Answer 15

✔ 5 million new voters