An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales

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An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales is the long title of the Reform Act 1867, a landmark British law that significantly expanded the electoral franchise and reformed parliamentary representation in England and Wales.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
electoral reform act ⓘ
aimedAt expansion of the electorate ⓘ
reform of parliamentary representation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Reform Act ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
appliesToInstitution House of Commons constituencies in England ⓘ
House of Commons constituencies in Wales ⓘ
appliesToTerritory England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
belongsToCategory Electoral reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Suffrage legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1867 ⓘ
centuryEnacted 19th century ⓘ
chamberInvolved House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
considered landmark in British electoral reform ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
expandedFranchiseFor urban working-class men ⓘ
followedBy Representation of the People Act 1884 ⓘ
governs election of members of Parliament for England ⓘ
election of members of Parliament for Wales ⓘ
hasLongTitle An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reform era in the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Welsh law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf United Kingdom electoral reform ⓘ
politicalContext Victorian era politics ⓘ
politicalImpact increased number of eligible voters ⓘ
shift in political power towards industrial towns ⓘ
predecessor Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
relatedReform abolition or reduction of representation of some small boroughs ⓘ
increase in representation of larger towns and counties ⓘ
royalAssentGivenBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
shortTitle Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
subjectMatter electoral franchise ⓘ
parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
typeOfChange extension of voting rights ⓘ
redistribution of parliamentary seats ⓘ
yearEnacted 1867 ⓘ

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Reform Act 1867 → longTitle → An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales ⓘ
An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales → hasLongTitle → An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales ⓘ