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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 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 ...
An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file ...
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 ...
The first law introducing significant political changes in the United Kingdom was the Reform Act 1832 passed on 4 June, which aimed to expand political power to new social classes and establish new electoral districts (the reforms of Charles Grey).
1 August – Prescription Act reforms the law related to easements and establishes the right of ancient lights. 7 August – William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, has his coach attacked by an angry mob on his first official visit to Canterbury because of his opposition to the Great Reform Act. [9] [10]
Reform Act 1832: 1832: Scottish Reform Act 1832: 1832: Irish Reform Act 1832: 1832: Judicial Committee Act 1833: 1833: Judicial Committee Act 1843: 1843: Judicial Committee Act 1844: 1844: Representation of the People Act 1867: 1867: Reform Act (Scotland) 1868: 1868: Reform Act (Ireland) 1868: 1868: Irish Church Act: 1869: Royal Titles Act 1876 ...
The first wholly Whig government since 1783 came to power after the Duke of Wellington's Tory government lost a vote of no confidence on 15 November 1830. The government, led by the Earl Grey, passed the Great Reform Act in 1832, which brought about parliamentary reform, and enacted the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, bringing about the abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire.