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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Second_Reform_Act
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:England
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_concerning_Scotland
gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_concerning_England_and_Wales
gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_concerning_Ireland
gptkb:1867_in_British_law
gptkb:United_Kingdom_electoral_reform_legislation
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gptkbp:effect
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doubled the electorate in England and Wales
increased political influence of urban areas
paved way for further electoral reforms
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gptkbp:enactedDuringReignOf
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gptkb:Queen_Victoria
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gptkbp:extendedFranchiseTo
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urban working class men
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1867 Reform Act
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gptkbp:increasedElectorateBy
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over 1 million
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gptkbp:mainProvision
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abolished some rotten boroughs
created new parliamentary boroughs
redistributed parliamentary seats
reduced property qualification for voting
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
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gptkbp:passedBy
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884
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gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
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15 August 1867
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:Benjamin_Disraeli
Holy Roman Emperor
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Second_Reform_Act
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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