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The Representation of the People Act 1969 extended suffrage to 18-year-olds, the first democratic nation to lower its age of franchise to include this age group. [1] [3] [4] Previously, only those aged over 21 were permitted to vote.
Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts. [2] The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the 1832 Great Reform Act and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of ...
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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 Act 1948; Representation of the People Act 1949; Representation of the People Act 1969; Representation of the People Act 1981 ...
Representation of the People Act 1969, expanding the suffrage to all adults over 18 Representation of the People Act 1983 , restricting the right to vote from prisoners Representation of the People Act 1985 and 1989 , allowing expatriates to vote in the last constituency they lived in for a period of 5 (1985), 20 (1989), and, currently, 15 ...
The Bridgwater by-election of 12 March 1970 was the first election in the United Kingdom to be held after the voting age had been reduced from 21 to 18 via the Representation of the People Act 1969. [1] The seat was held by the Conservatives on a turnout of 70.3%. [2]
The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways: [1] Amended the Representation of the People Act 1969. Stated that a convicted person cannot vote at any parliamentary or local election whilst in prison.
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