Who was dissatisfied with the 1832 Reform Act?

Question 1

GROUP:

- Working Class

Answer 1

WHY DISSATISFIED?
- W/C had a sense of betrayal - Whigs made no attempt to deny that the £10 qualification to vote in the boroughs was designed to exclude the lower classes from the vote

Question 2

GROUP:

- Middle Class

Answer 2

WHY DISSATISFIED?
- No immediate influx of M/C MPs. Most M/C gentlemen simply couldn’t afford the cost of being a MP. MPs were not paid and election campaigns were expensive due to the high levels of corruption and bribery.

Question 3

GROUP:

- House of Commons

Answer 3

WHY DISSATISFIED?

- The aristocracy and landowning classes continued to have a strong and influential role in affairs.

Question 4

GROUP:

- House of Lords

Answer 4

WHY DISSATISFIED?

• House of Commons was strengthened. The Reform Crisis revealed the power of the Commons when backed by public opinion. Could overcome the opposition of the aristocracy and the monarchy.
• Abolition of nomination boroughs reduced the scope for exercising their influence in choosing representation in the House of Commons.

Question 5

GROUP:

- Crown

Answer 5

WHY DISSATISFIED?
- Loss of rotten and pocket boroughs which had been a powerful source of royal patronage in the House of Commons. Reform crisis proved a Govt could now survive without the support of the Lords and Crown, but not without the support of the House of Commons.