1884 Representation of the People Act

Question 1

What was the pressure to pass the bill?

Answer 1

• Understood among parties that extending reform was inevitable - rural working classes

Question 2

What did the 1884 RPA do?

Answer 2

• Property qualification standardised between boroughs and counties
• Meant poor labourers and farmers had the £10 qualification

Question 3

What was the impact?

Answer 3

• Added 2.5 million working class voters
• About 67% of male population could vote
• Yet excluded many men and all women