Which gender could vote and how old did they have to be?
Adult males over 21
Females and males 18 over
Adult males 40 over
What qualities did these voters have to have ?
They had to be linked to property
They had to be married
They had to have parents who could vote
They couldn't be middle class or lower class
They had to earn a certain amount of money
They had to be church of England
How many people as a percentage could vote in the UK at that time
40% of men
11% of men ( 5% of the population)
100%
What was this as a fraction?
16 out of 3000
20000/3400000
400,000/14million
What type of seats were there?
Rotten borough and town state
Borough and county
Country and city
How many MPs did each county return regardless of population?
5MPS
2MPS
1MP
How much land did a standard voter have to own?
40 shillings worth (£2) a year
100 shillings worth a year
71 shillings worth a year
What was a borough?
A town where more than 1000 people lived
Where there was a town hall
Anywhere which had been a town (had a royal charter) in the 15th century
Why did the middle classes and the lower classes find the constituency voting system unfair?
As the constituency stretched abroad
Because the constituency was only made up of 1 person in each town
Because there was a huge variation in size and voting practise
How many voters were there in Liverpool and Bristol ?
1 million
5000
10
How many voters were there in Old Sarum?
100,000
15
7
So which towns had no representation?
The growing industrial towns
The small towns
The towns in the outskirts if Britain
How many people lived in Lancashire and how many MPS did they have ?
1800 and 24MPs
1.3 million and 14MPs
200 and 90MPs
How many people lived in Cornwall and how many MPS did they have?
300,000 and 42MPS
60 and 100MPS
900,000 and 13MPs
How many MPs did Manchester and Leeds have?
10MPS
0MPs
What did wealthy landowners do in the elections?
They voted for who they wanted
They controlled voters by the voters fear of losing their jobs otherwise
They never voted
In 1800 why were half the MPs in parliament?
Because of patronage
Because they won by popularity
They bribed
How many elections were contested ?
All of them
Half of them
One third
Where was voting done?
In 'Hustings'
At home
In the town hall
Voting was done in secret
This sort of voting allowed wide spread bribery and corruption
Who wanted parliamentary reform the most and why?
The Upper class as they wanted even more power
The radicals as they wanted chaos
The middle classes as they had growing economic power but this was not matched by political power
Why was the system outdated?
Women couldn't vote
It was made a long time ago
The system was not adapted to the immense economic and social changes brought with the industrial revolution
Why did the upper class believe they were best for voting?
As they thought power should be held by the educated elite who would act in the best interests in the country as a whole
They could afford to look the best for the part
As poor people annoyed them
