Wider franchise & Suffrage

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The franchise

Refers to the right to vote

  • over 19th and 20th C, Parliament gradually expanded the franchise to include more people across class, gender & age groups

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1832: Great Reform Act

  • Extended the right to vote to MC men owning property worth £10+

  • Electorate rose to around 800,000

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1867 Reform Act

  • Extended the vote to urban working men

  • Electorate rose to 2 million

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1884 Reform Act

  • Extended vote to rural working men

  • Electorate rose to 6 million; 60% of adult men enfranchised

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1918 Representation of the People Act:

  • Extended the vote to all men over 21 and women over 30 with property

  • Electorate rose to 21 million

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1928 Equal Franchise Act

  • Extended the vote to all women on equal terms to men (21)

  • Electorate rose to 26 million

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1969 Representation of the People Act

  • Lowered voting age to 18

  • Added around 3 million new voters to the electorate

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Suffragists (NUWSS - National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies)

Led by Millicent Fawcett

  • Aimed to achieve votes for women through peaceful and lawful campaigning

  • Used petitions, public speaking, lobbying and local pressure groups

  • Built a broad national network to demonstrate widespread support

  • Their moderate approach made them respectable and influential with MPs

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