Representation of the People Act 1918 (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918_(UK)

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:abolished	Property qualifications for men
gptkbp:afterElectorate	About 21.4 million
gptkbp:amendedBy	Conduct of elections Electoral registration Local government franchise Parliamentary franchise
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Suffrage gptkb:1918_in_British_law gptkb:1918_in_politics gptkb:1918_in_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Election_law_in_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1918 gptkb:Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom History of voting rights in the United Kingdom 1918 in women's history
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:7_&_8_Geo._5._c._64
gptkbp:context	Post-World War I social change Reform of electoral system after World War I Response to suffragist and suffragette campaigns
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1918
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:grantedVoteTo	Women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications All men over 21 Men over 19 who had served in World War I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Representation of the People Act 1918 (UK)
gptkbp:increasedElectorateBy	About 13 million
gptkbp:longTitle	An Act to Amend the Law with respect to Parliamentary and Local Government Franchises and the Registration of Parliamentary and Local Government Electors and the Conduct of Elections; and for other purposes in connection therewith.
gptkbp:previousElectorate	About 7.7 million
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	6 February 1918
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1948 gptkb:Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Reform_Acts gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1928 gptkb:Suffrage_movement
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1948 gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1928
gptkbp:retained	Property qualifications for women
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
gptkbp:significance	Expanded male suffrage First Act to grant voting rights to women in the UK
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1928
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Suffrage gptkb:Suffragette gptkb:Suffrage_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6