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GCSE History · key term
The people entitled to vote in an election.
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Paper 2
Revise: Electoral Reform and the Reform Acts (1832–1884)Parliament made laws affecting the whole population, but the electorate—the people entitled to choose MPs—was much smaller. Voting depended on qualifications linked to property, rather than simply being an adult. Women and most working-class men were excluded.
Paper 1
The 1832 Reform Act widened the electorate and improved parliamentary representation for growing industrial towns. It did not establish votes for all men. Further reforms in and extended voting rights to more working-class men.
Political reform widened the electorate gradually. Do not claim that everyone could vote after the Reform Acts.
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The people who are entitled to vote in an election.