Zusammenfassung der Ressource
1832 reform act
- Successes of the 1832 reform act
- 67 new constituencies were created
- Manchester now had an MP
- 56 rotten boroughs were abolished
- Another 30 boroughs lost one of their two MPs
- Implemented national rules
- Limitations of the 1832 reform act
- Out of 14 million people,
13 million people still couldn't vote
- Five out of 6 adult men could not vote and all women were still disenfranchised
- No secret ballot
- MPs still had to own property
- Many large towns still didn't have an MP
- MPs were still unpaid