further parliamentary reform- why and details Flashcards
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name two foreign events which led to greater public support for political reform in GB
US civil war and the unification of Italy
Name the two pressure groups dedicated to parliamentary reform and identify briefly their demands.
Reform league and the reform union
Who led liberal opposition to the liberal bill and what was the name of the group
Robert Lowe, The adullamites
name public disturbances in london in july 1886 and sig
hyde park riots, unnerves queen vic but otherwise not vital to the cons, reconfirmed liberal radical support for reform
what is meant by steeple chasing after dark
disreali- fear of losing governance by defeat of the bill, lost control of the bill as it went through parliament
how many voters did hodgkinsons add
500,000
what was the Torrens amendment and the Aryton amendment
Torrens- added £10 lodgers to the franchise for the first time
Aryton: reduced 2 years occupation to a requirement of 1 year occupation - added more new voters
how many new urban and new rural voters were added by the second reform act
830,000- urban
290,000 rural
which section of the working class was excluded from the franchise after the second reform act
all rural and poorest urban workers
give an example of the under representation of the NE of england and explain why this was present
SW England had 45 MPs but NE england with triple the population of the SW only had 32 Mps- rural areas voted conservatives esp as no secret ballot
what percentage of elections were uncontested in 1859 and 1868
1859- 58%
1868: 32%
why were the liberals united over extending the vote to rural workers in the countryside
whigs had suffered a loss of seats by effect of the 1867 reform act and needed rural workers to vote for them = party unity
what was the conservatives response to the ROPA
blocked it in the hol and refused to let it pass unless accompanied by a redistribution of seats to compensate for the loss of seats that would flow from rural enfranchisement
why was the idea of a single seat constituency so alarming to whigs and so attractive to the cons
would mean the loss of whig mps- liberal voters would vote for the radical liberal candidate and have no opp to also vote for a whig candidate
con believed rate payers would dominate the electorate in single seat constituencies and vote for them out of financial self interest e.g 67/75 london single seats were con in 1895
to whom did the ROPA extend the vote to
householders and lodgers in the counties
redistribution of seats act summary
- equal sized - 50,000
142 seats redistributed equally between boroughs ans counties
-over rep of SW ended
Lancashire had 58MPs instead of 14 whilst cornwall had 14 instead of 44
as a ratio or as a fraction, how many men could voter after 1867 and then the ROPA 1884
1 in every 3
2 in every three by 1884
