ELECTORAL REFORM

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How was the franchise expanded?

1918 ROTPA.

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Who got the vote?

Men over 21 and women over 30.

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Why were MPs concerned about this?

They did not know who women would vote for.

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What percentage of voters were women?

42%

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Why?

A lot of men had died.

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Did it have much effect?

Women voted like their husbands.

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Who benefitted the most?

Conservatives- housewives.

Labour- more working class men voting.

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How did 1928 expand the franchise?

All women over 21 could vote.

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How many additional voters was this?

5 million.

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Who could not vote?

“No peers, lunatics or criminals”- SB

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Who were flappers?

Mainly middle class women who had money and time.

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Why were they controversial?

They went against norms and acted masculine in ways.