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1 giorno fa · 1832 to 1868. The Reform Act 1832 gave representation in the London metropolitan area to seven parliamentary boroughs, known as the metropolitan boroughs, with the formation of four additional boroughs, each electing two MPs.
3 giorni fa · Peel often started from a traditional Tory position in opposition to a measure, then reversed his stance and became the leader in supporting liberal legislation. This happened with the Test Act, Catholic emancipation, the Reform Act, income tax and, most notably, the repeal of the Corn Laws.
- The Viscount Melbourne
- Harrow School
- 1820
3 giorni fa · He supported the rule of law and opposed further democratisation after the Reform Act 1832. He wished to see this liberal system of a mixed constitution in-between the two extremes of absolute monarchy and republican democracy replace the absolute monarchies on the Continent.
1 giorno fa · Miles Taylor (in 'Empire and parliamentary reform : the 1832 reform act revisited') examines an extraordinary omission from histories of the Reform Act: the imperial considerations that underlay much Tory opposition to the legislation, namely the charges that Scottish and Irish representation would be increased to the detriment of ...
2 giorni fa · The Reform Act of 1867 marked a significant expansion of the British electorate, granting voting rights to millions of previously disenfranchised citizens. The act extended suffrage to urban male householders and lodgers, as well as to male heads of households in rural areas, effectively doubling the size of the electorate and democratizing the political system.
5 giorni fa · The Reform Act 1832 looked to right a perpetual wrong by removing "rotten boroughs" and other elements of the representation system that had created inequalities for voters. In 1833, Parliament passed the Abolition of Slavery Act.
2 giorni fa · A satire of William IV's involvement in the debate leading up to the Reform Act of 1832: A cat with the face of William IV is being persuaded to pull a hot chestnut from a blazing fire by a bewigged monkey (Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham). The fire is labelled with words such as 'rights', 'reform', and 'popularity'.
