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Summary HISTORY A LEVEL CHANGES TO THE FRANCHISE NOTES (A*)
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pressures for change to the franchiseThe franchise c1780 and its significance for representation of the people
the county franchise
vote to all freeholders of property worth 40 shillings a year
uniform
inflation + rising price of land had increased the amount of men who qualified
the borough franchise
not uniform
open boroughs - vote exercised by many men, various qualifications, not very
susceptible to influence
scot and lot - males who paid their local tax
potwalloper - those who posessed a hearth where they could boil their pots - large
electorates
burgage - men who ownded various properties - ownership of the votes guarded
corporation - voters were members of the town councils - seats were filled through
nomination rather than election - extremely corrupt
tresury - seats that came under the control of government departments - chief
employers
pocket boroughs - most property owned by one person - could nominate his chosen
candidate for election to parliament
rotten boroughs - once been areas of economic activity, now depopluated - still
retained their parliamentary representation
the size of the electorate
estimated 214,000 electors out of a population of 8 million
even more restricted in scotland - 4,500 men out of 2.6 million
elections and ‘interests’
in the 1790s there was no signifcicant pressure for reform - even though the system
was corrupt
content with a system that represented ‘interests’ e.g. agriculture rather than the
population
limited amount of contests - only 72
elections could be v expensive - candidates persuaded electors to vote for them
through bribes - ‘treating’ of food
large amount of popular involvement in elecetions
O’Gorman’s perspective on the unreformed system
o in many ways it worked quite well
o concerned with not numerical but virtual representation - MPs sat not as
representatives of the voters but as champions of the interests which made up
the nation
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