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These constituencies were defined by the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the Reform Act 1832), and with the exception of the changes listed below they remained in effect until the next round of revisions in 1867 and 1868, when three pieces of legislation restructured the constituencies:
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. It reapportioned constituencies to address the unequal distribution of ...
The following 56 parliamentary boroughs, in England, were completely disenfranchised by the Act. [1] They had all returned two members except for Higham Ferrers, which was a single member constituency. The disenfranchised boroughs lost all independent legislative representation; instead the inhabitants could vote only as part of the county ...
An Act for continuing to His Majesty for One Year certain Duties on Personal Estates, Offices, and Pensions in England, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 ( 37 & 38 Vict. c. 35))
F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987; F. W. S. Craig, Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), Political Reference Publications, Chichester, Sussex, 1972; Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England (London: Royal Historical Society – Volume I 1979, Volume II 1991).
The following Acts of Parliament are known as Reform Acts: Reform Act 1832 (often called the "Great Reform Act" or "First Reform Act"), [14] which applied to England and Wales and gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas and extended the qualifications for voting. Scottish Reform Act 1832, a similar reform applying to ...
A map of the Parliamentary Borough of Pontefract as it existed before the Reform Act 1832 (in green) and after (in red) The Reform Act 1832 extended the boundaries of the constituency, bringing in the neighbouring townships of Tanshelf, Monkhill, Knottingley, Ferrybridge and Carleton, as well as Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Park, which had previously been excluded.
Lord John Russell, architect of the Reform Act 1832 was elected in 1832 as MP for Devonshire Southern. 1832 was the first general election in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the "Reform Act 1832" or the "Great Reform Act") had introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system.