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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 ...
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 ...
4 June – the Scottish Reform Act, reforming the Scottish Westminster constituencies and enlarging the electorate from 5,000 to 60,000, is passed in Parliament contemporaneously with similar legislation for other constituents of the U.K., becoming law from 17 July. On 11 August around 50,000 gather on the Links in Edinburgh to celebrate the event.
Similar legislation is passed for Scotland (the Scottish Reform Act) [7] and Ireland (An Act to Amend the Representation of the People of Ireland, the Irish Reform Act). [8] 4 July – University of Durham is founded by Act of Parliament at the instigation of the authorities of the city's cathedral.
The Reform Act 1832 for England and Wales was the most controversial of the electoral reform acts passed by the Parliament. Similar acts were passed the same year for Scotland , and Ireland. They were put through Parliament by the Whigs .
An Act to continue until the Fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of King George the Third, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland.
The 1832 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 December 1832 to 8 January 1833, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first held in the Reformed House of Commons following the Reform Act, which introduced significant changes to the electoral system.
British Electoral Facts 1832–1987, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 5th edition, 1989) Electoral Reform in England and Wales, by Charles Seymour (David and Charles 1970, first printed 1915) The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)