19th century reform events

By katie.egan

  • Representation of the people act (the first Reform Act)

    extended votes to men meeting property qualification and redistributes parliamentary seats to better represent urban areas

  • Representation of the people act (the second reform act)

    extends vote to urban working men meeting property qualification

  • Ballot Act

    introduces the secret ballot at elections

  • Corrupt and illegal practices act

    effectively ended serious corruption in british elections

  • Representation of the people act (the third reform act)

    addresses imbalance between men's votes in boroughs and countries

  • redristribution act

    boundaries redrawn to produce equal elctoral districts

  • Reform Act

    avolished property qualifications for men and introduced limited female suffrage for women over the age of 30

  • Reform Act

    widened suffrage by gicing women electoral equality with men

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