wider franchise and debates over suffrage

Question 1

1832 reform act terms

Answer 1

1 in 5 men got the right to vote, those who owned property and earned more than £10 a year
seats were created for those in new industrial towns like birmingham
seats for mps in rotten boroughs were removed

Question 2

1867

Answer 2

borough households were enfranchised (tradesmen and shopkeepers)
electorate rose from 1-2 million
13% of the adult population could vote.

Question 3

1884

Answer 3

rural households enfranchised (farm workers and miners) enfranchised.
electorate rose to over 5 million
25% of the adult population could vote.

Question 4

1918

Answer 4

all men over 21 and women over 30 enfranchised.
75% of adult population could vote.

Question 5

1928

Answer 5

terms for men and women equalised.
full adult suffrage.

Question 6

1948

Answer 6

end of plural voting.
1 person = 1 vote

Question 7

1969

Answer 7

voting age reduced to 18.