Great Reform Act 1832

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:abolished rotten boroughs
gptkbp:category gptkb:Electoral_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1832
History of voting rights in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:chapter gptkb:2_&_3_Will._IV_c._45
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Reform_Club
Reform Act celebrations
gptkbp:created new parliamentary boroughs
gptkbp:dateEnacted 7 June 1832
gptkbp:didNotExtendFranchiseTo gptkb:women
working class men
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:extendedFranchiseTo middle class men
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Reform_Act_1867
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Reform Act 1832
gptkbp:improves number of people eligible to vote
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb:An_Act_to_amend_the_representation_of_the_people_in_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1832
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Tory_Party
gptkbp:precededBy unreformed House of Commons
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 7 June 1832
gptkbp:reformed electoral system of England and Wales
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Irish_Reform_Act_1832
gptkb:Scottish_Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:significance beginning of parliamentary reform in the UK
foundation for later electoral reforms
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey
gptkbp:territory England and Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Radicals
gptkb:History_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Peterloo_Massacre
gptkb:English_constitutional_history
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6