Reform Act 1884

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed class inequality
gptkbp:amends Representation of the People Act 1918
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England_and_Wales
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:House_of_Lords
House of Commons
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established one vote per person
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus gptkb:the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reform Act 1884
gptkbp:impact local government elections
gptkbp:includesProvisionsFor secret ballot
gptkbp:influenced future voting rights legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy Chartist movement
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:Queen_Victoria
Representation of the People Act 1918
gptkbp:isCitedIn the context of industrialization
the context of social change
the context of political reform
gptkbp:isConsidered a step towards universal suffrage
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor traditionalists
not including women
gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy approximately 2 million
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy political opposition
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy public opinion
gptkbp:isKnownFor a progressive measure
gptkbp:isLocatedIn 1885 general election
gptkbp:isRepresentedIn rural areas
gptkbp:ledTo further electoral reforms
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:reduces urban areas
gptkbp:reform voter registration process
gptkbp:relatedTo Reform Act 1867
gptkbp:replacedBy Representation of the People Act 1918
gptkbp:significance expanded democratic participation
gptkbp:voterTurnout male householders
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt reducing corruption
modernizing the electoral system
expanding the electorate
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:the_House_of_Lords
Victorian era reforms
the House of Commons
a series of electoral reforms
political reformers
the Liberal government's agenda
the movement for electoral reform
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy liberals
working-class movements
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1884