DATES, CASE STUDIES FOR ESSAYS
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Great Reform Act - ANS 1832
eliminated rotten boroughs and redistributed seats in Parliament.
1 in 5 adult males
5.6% population
Second Reform Act - ANS 1867
Bigger scope
Disraeli
Working class men to vote if they met property qualifications
Doubled size of electorate
Third Reform Act - ANS 1884
Gladstone liberal government
All working men who met property qualification could vote
40% adult men still excluded
Representation of the Peoples Act 1918 - ANS WW1
Llloyd George
All men over 21 could vote
Women over 30 who met property qualification could vote
Representation of the Peoples Act 1928 - ANS Women finally equal terms