Reform Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed urban representation
gptkbp:amends Representation of the People Act 1884
gptkbp:associatedWith Chartist movement
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:expansion voting rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reform Act
gptkbp:includesProvisionsFor secret ballot
gptkbp:influencedBy Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:introduced new electoral districts
gptkbp:isActiveIn political theory
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith political reformers
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor expanding democracy
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:King_William_IV
gptkb:Tories
Representation of the People Act 1928
subsequent reforms.
gptkbp:isCitedBy Representation of the People Act 1918
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:House_of_Lords
House of Commons
historical analyses
gptkbp:isConsidered historians
a precursor to universal suffrage
first major reform of British electoral system
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor not going far enough
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn political science literature
debates about democracy
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn government archives
gptkbp:isExaminedBy sociological studies
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy public pressure
gptkbp:isLinkedTo suffrage movements
modern electoral systems
gptkbp:isLocatedIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:isNotedFor its historical significance
gptkbp:isPartOf the Reform Acts series
British_constitutional_history
British_electoral_history
gptkbp:isReferencedIn educational materials
legal texts
gptkbp:isRegardedAs a_landmark_in_British_democracy
gptkbp:isRelatedTo gptkb:Electoral_Reform_Society
gptkbp:isStudiedIn university courses
gptkbp:ledTo greater political participation
further electoral reforms
gptkbp:reduces property qualifications
gptkbp:resultedIn redistribution of seats
gptkbp:significantEvent number of voters
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
Victorian reforms
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Whigs
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1832