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The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. It reapportioned constituencies to address the unequal distribution of ...
The following Acts of Parliament are known as Reform Acts: Reform Act 1832 (often called the "Great Reform Act" or "First Reform Act"), [14] which applied to England and Wales and gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas and extended the qualifications for voting. Scottish Reform Act 1832, a similar reform applying to ...
These constituencies were defined by the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the Reform Act 1832), and with the exception of the changes listed below they remained in effect until the next round of revisions in 1867 and 1868, when three pieces of legislation restructured the constituencies:
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the Reform Act 1832 or sometimes as the Great Reform Act) was an act of Parliament (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
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Lord John Russell, architect of the Reform Act 1832 was elected in 1832 as MP for Devonshire Southern. 1832 was the first general election in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the "Reform Act 1832" or the "Great Reform Act") had introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system.
Reform Act 1832; Reform Act 1867; Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832; Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868; Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868; Representation of the People Act 1884; Representation of the People Act 1918; Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928; Representation of the People ...
The Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 64) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the parliamentary divisions (constituencies) in England and Wales required by the Reform Act 1832. The boundaries were largely those recommended by a boundary commission headed by the surveyor Thomas Drummond.