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1867 Reform Act
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- 1How many people did Hosgkinsons amendment add to the electorate?400,000
- 21867 reform act : popular pressure1866 hyde park riots - post failure of of 1866 bill
National reform Union
pale of the constitution speech 1868
Appetite for reform in the country
-bad harvest 1865
-cholera had reappeared
-failure of bank in london 1865 - 3How many people did the act enfranchise?1.2 million
increase from 1.4 - 2.5 - 4Main term of the Act-granted the vote to all householders in the boroughs as well as lodgers who paid rent of £10 a year or more
- 5Further terms of the actCountry franchise reduced from £15 to £12 householder (adullamites would have been safer backing russell's bill in 1866)
Boroughs - all householders who pay rents with 1 year residency
-only extension of borough franchise in Ireland - 6Changes compared to 1832Greater changes
- 7Who did the bill favour?Conservatives - although not immediately.
still no secret ballot
borough franchise was much greater than county franchise, but because of the redistribution of seats the boroughs were greatly underrepresented - 8Other factors allowing the 1867 reform billDeath of palmerston - had been reluctant for political reform
-Gladstone' pale of the constitution speech
- increasing demand for liberal reform in england.
1848 revolutions
Italian unification 1859
Crimean war - defeating a backwards autocratic system - 9Motivations for DisraeliHe would be the man to deliver reform to the country. rebranding conservatism as progressive.
-personal upmanship on gladstone
-personal ambition, proving he should be leader of conservatives. he becomes leader in 1868.
-produces a game changing bill in a minority government
-convince his own party he is worthy
-party advantage, conservatives needed a boost after the years of misery. 22 years without legislation.
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