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GCSE History · key term
A law changing how Parliament is elected, including who can vote or which places have parliamentary representation.
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Paper 1
Revise: Industrialisation overviewThe 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 1867 and 1884 extended voting rights to more working-class men.
A law changing the electoral system, including who could vote or how places were represented in Parliament.
Do not claim that the 1832 Reform Act gave everyone the vote. Voting rights expanded in stages, and political reform did not immediately solve public-health problems.
Political reform widened the electorate gradually. Do not claim that everyone could vote after the Reform Acts.
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