Universal Adult Suffrage - Vote

Question 1

Explain the limitations of the second reform act of 1867

Answer 1

• women could still not vote
• 2 in 3 men could still not vote
• Not every adult could have a say in the ruling of Britain
• right to vote was based on property
• residency rule - excluded many who qualified

Question 2

Describe the progress of the representation of the people act of 1884

Answer 2

Total electorate doubled (up to 5 million)
2/3 men could vote
Counties now got what boroughs had achieved in 1887

Question 3

Describe the limitations of the representation of the people act of 1884

Answer 3

Only 63% of adult males were registered to vote
Women still can’t vote
Significant groups were excluded
2.5 million qualified for the vote but still couldn’t vote as they couldn’t prove it
Plural voting still existed
Still based on property qualification

Question 4

Describe the progress of the representation of the people act of 1918

Answer 4

Gave the vote to:
All men over 21
This aged 19, if they had been in active service (armed forces)
Women over 30 who were householders
Wives of householders, occupiers of property with an annual rent of £5 a year or a graduate
Electorate increased to 21 million, 8.4 mill were woman (40%)
Plural voting was reduced - working class represent majority of electorate
Women’s first time being franchised

Question 5

The limitations of the representation of the people act of 1918

Answer 5

Politically women were not equal to men
Men could vote on an age qualification alone
Women had to have an age and property qualification to vote

Question 6

Describe the progress of the representation of the people act of 1928

Answer 6

Female franchise made the same as men (21)

Question 7

Describe the limitations of the representation of the people act of 1928

Answer 7

Males and females had an equal voting criteria

Wasn’t until 1969 before voting age was reduced to 18

Question 8

Describe the progress within the second reform act of 1867.

Answer 8

• men owning property above certain value could vote
• lodgers paying rent above £10 a year
• double the number of men who were entitled to vote and In the growing towns the increase was even greater
• electorate went up from 1.5 million to 2.5 million
• 1 in 3 men could vote