Development of Democracy (UK)- Politics

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1832

Representation of the People Act (1st Reform Act) extends the franchise to men meeting property qualification. This reduces rotten boroughs and redistributes Parliamentary seats to better represent urban areas

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1867

Representation of the People Act (2nd Reform Act) extends the vote to urban working men meeting property qualification

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1872

The Ballot Act introduces the secret ballot at elections

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1884

Representation of the People Act (3rd Reform Act) addresses imbalance between men’s votes in boroughs and counties

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1918

Representation of the People Act extends the vote to all men over 21 and most women over 30

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1928

Representation of the People Act extends the vote to all women over 21

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1969

Representation of the People Act extends the franchise to all men and women over 18

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Rotten borough

A historical Parliamentary constituency that had a very small electorate yet retained the right to send members to the House of Commons

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Secret ballot

a method of voting in which each person writes their choice on a piece of paper so no one else knows how they have voted