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Reform of Parliament 1780-1928
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GCSE History Mind Map on Reform of Parliament 1780-1928, created by Alice Bedford on 26/11/2017.
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Reform of Parliament 1780-1928
System 1780
Political Parties
Whigs
More likely to question Monarch
Mostly land owners but increasingly land owners
More sympathy for non-conformists
Began to demand reform 1820s
Tories
Defended monarch & CofE
Nearly all landowners
More resistant to change
Main features
658 constituencies
Constituencies returned 2 MPs each
Two types of constituency
Borough
County
Small minority of men could vote - 5% population
Polling stations widely distributed - took hours to travel there
Open voting
Types of Borough
Open Borough
Had to meet various qualifications eg payment of local poor rates
Preston gave all men the vote
20 boroughs had electorates of over 1,000 (eg Westminster 11,000)
Corporation borough
Only voters were members of the town council
Filled seat by nomination & corrupt
E.g. Sudbury Suffolk
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