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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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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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 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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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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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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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 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law. The Act allows British citizens...
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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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Faggot voter (category Political history of the United Kingdom)
their vote until death. This was rendered irrelevant by the Representation of the People Act 1918, which introduced manhood suffrage. Politics portal United...
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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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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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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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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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Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
Essex. The boundaries were redrawn under the Representation of the People Act 1918, then remained virtually unchanged until changes brought in for the 2010...
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municipal elections held in 1919 after the extension of the franchise arising from the Representation of the People Act 1918. Not as well known as her contemporary...
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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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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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of Social Services. The right of Commonwealth and Irish citizens to vote is a legacy of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which limited the vote...
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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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Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295)
altered by the Representation of the People Act 1918 (the later-termed "Fourth Reform Act", the first being in 1832). The seat takes in the cathedral and...
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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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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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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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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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