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The Scottish Reform Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland. The act was passed at approximately the same time as the Reform Act 1832, which applied to England and Wales. The chief architects of the Act were Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn. [2] It was subsequently given the ...
Christianity spread in Scotland from the 6th century, with evangelisation by Irish-Scots missionaries and, to a lesser extent, those from Rome and England. [1] The church in Scotland attained clear independence from England after the Papal Bull of Celestine III (Cum universi, 1192), by which all Scottish bishoprics except Galloway became formally independent of York and Canterbury.
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It carried on from the Representation of the People Act 1867, and created seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons at the expense of seven English borough constituencies, which were disenfranchised.
The Reform Act itself did not affect constituencies in Scotland or Ireland. However, there were also reforms there, under the Scottish Reform Act and the Irish Reform Act. Scotland received eight additional seats, and Ireland received five; thus keeping the total number of seats in the House of Commons the same as it had been before the Act.
Reform Act 1867 (also called the "Second Reform Act"), [15] which widened the franchise and adjusted representation to be more equitable. Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, a similar reform applying to Scotland. Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, a similar reform applying to Ireland. Ballot Act 1872 (sometimes ...
The Scottish Reformation Parliament was the assembly elected in 1560 that passed legislation leading to the establishment of the Church of Scotland. These included the Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560; [1] and Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560. [2] The legislation was not formally approved until 1567, when it was ratified by James VI.
William Ewart Gladstone in 1884.. 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 as the Third Reform Act, [1] and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in the UK after the Derby government's Reform Act 1867. [2]
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: 1876: Appellate ...