The Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland...
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In the United Kingdom under the premiership of William Gladstone, the Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3), also known informally...
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act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 which had given some women the vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time after World...
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The Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to...
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Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana...
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The Representation of the People Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 102), known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the British Parliament...
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The Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that lowered the voting age to 18 years. This statute...
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The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that changed the British electoral process in four minor...
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The Representation of the People Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law. The Act allows British citizens...
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Forty-shilling freeholders (redirect from Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429)
2011). "Laying the Foundations of the Modern Voting System: The Representation of the People Act 1918: Laying the Foundations of the Modern Voting System"...
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The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following...
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held after enactment of the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was thus the first election in which women over the age of 30 (with some property qualifications)...
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Suffragette (redirect from The Suffragettes)
broke out in 1914. After the war, the Representation of the People Act 1918 gave the vote to women over the age of 30 who met certain property qualifications...
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after the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was thus the first election in which women over the age of 30, and all men over the age of 21, could...
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first election held under the Representation of the People Act 1918 in which all men over 21, and most women over the age of 30 could vote, and therefore...
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21 million in 1918. Much of the growth was result of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which expanded franchise by abolishing property qualifications...
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Labour Party (UK) (redirect from Rise of the labour party)
be accomplished. The Representation of the People Act 1918 greatly expanded the electorate, enfranchising all men and most women. The party concentrated...
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subject to legal incapacity Fraser, Hugh (1918). "Franchises (women)". The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. London: Sweet...
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Jo Delahunty (category Living people)
granted the Freedom of the City of London as one of 100 women chosen to celebrate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918. Group Recipient...
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Emily Davison (category Women of the Victorian era)
assisted the government in the recruitment of women for war work. In 1918 Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act 1918. Among the changes...
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the composition of the districts under the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and Representation of the...
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Relief Act 1829. The property qualification remained in place for mainland United Kingdom elections until the passage of the Representation of the People Act...
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Reform Acts (redirect from Reform Act Of)
used "Representation of the People Act" as the short title, by which name the 1918, 1928 and other acts in the 20th century are better known. The title...
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Black suffrage (redirect from Enfranchisement of blacks)
extended the vote to landed middle class men. Incremental reform continued with various Reform Acts, The Representation of the People Act 1918 ended property...
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Islington North (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
Management Act 1855. Under the next redistribution of seats by the Representation of the People Act 1918 constituencies in the County of London were...
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Women's suffrage in Wales (category Political history of the United Kingdom)
minister. 1918: The Representation of the People Act of 1918 enfranchised women over the age of 30 who were either a member or married to a member of the Local...
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Good Friday Agreement (redirect from The Good Friday Agreement)
provision [Section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998], which arose out of the Belfast Agreement, gave the people of Northern Ireland the right to determine...
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alteration of boundaries under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972, the area consisting of the counties established by section 1 of that Act, Greater...
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to, the Representation of the People Act 1918. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short...
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (redirect from Parliamentary boroughs of the metropolitan area of London)
Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the parliamentary boroughs corresponded to the metropolitan boroughs created in...
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