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Reform of Parliament 1780-1928
- System 1780
- Political Parties
- Whigs
- More likely to
question Monarch
- Mostly land owners
but increasingly
land owners
- More
sympathy for
non-conformists
- Began to demand
reform 1820s
- More likely to
question Monarch
- Tories
- Defended
monarch &
CofE
- Nearly all
landowners
- More resistant to change
- Defended
monarch &
CofE
- Whigs
- Main features
- 658 constituencies
- Constituencies
returned 2
MPs each
- Two types of
constituency
- Borough
- County
- Borough
- Small minority of
men could vote -
5% population
- Polling stations
widely distributed
- took hours to
travel there
- Open voting
- 658 constituencies
- Types of Borough
- Open Borough
- Had to meet
various
qualifications
eg payment of
local poor rates
- Preston
gave all men
the vote
- 20 boroughs had
electorates of over 1,000
(eg Westminster 11,000)
- Preston
gave all men
the vote
- Had to meet
various
qualifications
eg payment of
local poor rates
- Corporation borough
- Only voters were
members of the
town council
- Filled seat by
nomination &
corrupt
- E.g. Sudbury Suffolk
- Only voters were
members of the
town council
- Open Borough
- Political Parties
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