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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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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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 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 (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation...
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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 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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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 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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Reform Acts (redirect from Reform Act Of)
usually Representation of the People Act. These began with the Reform Acts of 1832, 1867, and 1884, to increase the electorate for the House of Commons...
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Representation of the People Act, a short title for many legislative Acts in India and the United Kingdom, e.g. Representation of the People Act 1884...
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Faggot voter (category Political history of the United Kingdom)
of the People Act 1867 and in county constituencies by the Representation of the People Act 1884. However, previously enrolled faggot voters retained their...
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(see Reform Act 1832, Reform Act 1867 and Representation of the People Act 1884). After 1885 the occupation franchise (under which most of the electors qualified...
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Democracy in Europe (category Politics of Europe)
of the Roman monarchy People's Council of Latvia (1918) Politics of Europe Portuguese transition to democracy Representation of the People Act 1884 Revolutions...
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Andrew Jones (historian) (category Place of birth missing (living people))
at the University of Reading. His 1972 study of the high politics surrounding the Representation of the People Act 1884, The Politics of Reform 1884, was...
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1885 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (category General elections in Scotland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
of the Representation of the People Act 1884 (out of 24,397,385 people registered in the 1881 census). Of particular note was the splintering of the Liberal...
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seats are part of the electoral system. Representation of the People Act 1884 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Representation of the People Act 1948 Royal...
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The Representation of the People Act 1981 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the provision for the automatic disqualification...
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1885 United Kingdom general election (category General elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
of MPs elected in the 1885 United Kingdom general election Parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918 Representation of the People Act 1884...
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1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland (category General elections in Ireland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
The 1885 general election in Ireland was the first election following the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885...
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not part of, the Representation of the People Act 1884. The first major reform of Commons' seats took place under the Reform Act 1832. The second major...
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Forty-shilling freeholders (redirect from Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429)
in Ireland until the Representation of the People Act 1884 which extended the same voting qualifications as existed in the towns to the countryside. Parliamentary...
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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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as the Representation of the People Act 1884]." Lord Bective married Lady Alice Maria, daughter of Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire, in 1867. They...
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industrial towns. The electorate was further expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884, under which property qualifications in the counties were...
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Westminster system (redirect from Primacy of the House of Commons)
example, the definition in section 8(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1884, read with the definition of the Registration Acts in section 8(2) Ireland...
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The first election held under the Reform Act 1867. The first election held under the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution of Seats...
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taxpayers had a greater motive to see that the tax money was spent properly. The Representation of the People Act 1884 created a much larger electorate that...
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(extended the franchise to around 1⁄3 of men), Representation of the People Act 1884 (extended the male franchise), Representation of the People Act 1918 (enabled...
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campaign between 1878-80 began the move towards modern political campaigning. The Representation of the People Act 1884 reduced the property qualification further...
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