Reform Act 1867

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The Reform Act 1867 was a landmark British law that significantly expanded the electoral franchise, particularly among urban working-class men, and further restructured parliamentary representation.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
electoral reform law ⓘ
aim adjust representation to reflect population changes ⓘ
broaden the electorate in parliamentary boroughs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867

Second Reform Act ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
appliesTo House of Commons elections ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
electoral law ⓘ
associatedWithPolitician Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
didNotExtendFranchiseTo most rural labourers ⓘ
women ⓘ
effectOnElectorate greatly increased representation of urban areas ⓘ
roughly doubled the number of voters in England and Wales ⓘ
expandedFranchiseTo lodgers paying at least £10 in rent ⓘ
male householders in boroughs ⓘ
urban working-class men ⓘ
followedBy Representation of the People Act 1884 ⓘ
governmentAtTimeOfPassage Conservative government ⓘ
historicalSignificance major step in the democratization of the United Kingdom ⓘ
marked first large-scale inclusion of urban working class in politics ⓘ
influenced later suffrage movements in Britain ⓘ
subsequent electoral reforms in the United Kingdom ⓘ
introducedInParliamentBy Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
legalStatus primary legislation ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales ⓘ
mainEffect increase in number of voters in boroughs ⓘ
redistribution of parliamentary seats ⓘ
restructuring of parliamentary representation ⓘ
significant expansion of the electoral franchise ⓘ
monarchAtTimeOfPassage Queen Victoria ⓘ
politicalContext competition between Liberal and Conservative parties over reform ⓘ
debate over parliamentary reform in the 1860s ⓘ
precededBy Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
relatedAct Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 ⓘ
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 ⓘ
removedOrReducedRepresentationOf some small boroughs ⓘ
sponsoredBy Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
subject parliamentary franchise ⓘ
redistribution of seats ⓘ
territorialExtent England and Wales ⓘ
transferredSeatsTo larger towns and counties ⓘ
typeOfFranchiseChange extension of borough franchise ⓘ
year 1867 ⓘ

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Reform Act 1832 → successor → Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1884 → follows → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Representation of the People Act 1884 → precededBy → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Reform Act 1867 → alsoKnownAs → Second Reform Act ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Reform Act 1867 → alsoKnownAs → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby → notableWork → Second Reform Act (as party leader and prime minister) ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
British reform movement → influenced → Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby → notableWork → Reform Act 1867 (as leading Conservative supporter) ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Reform Acts → hasPart → Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
Reform Acts → significantEvent → Second Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 → follows → Representation of the People Act 1867 (UK-wide reform context) ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 → relatedTo → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 → relatedTo → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Representation of the People Acts → hasPart → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby → notableWork → Reform Act 1867 (as leading Conservative statesman) ⓘ
subject linked to: 14th Earl of Derby
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Chartists → partlyRealizedBy → Reform Act 1867 ⓘ
1867: Disraeli, Gladstone and Revolution → mainSubject → 1867 Reform Act ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Edward Smith-Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby → notableWork → Reform Act 1867 (as party leader and Prime Minister) ⓘ
subject linked to: 15th Earl of Derby
linked to: Reform Act 1867
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 → relatedTo → Representation of the People Act 1867 ⓘ
linked to: Reform Act 1867