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Does anybody know.
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GillfromStaffs | Report | 21 May 2006 17:22 |
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When the working man got the vote?,ie miner, factory worker,ag labourer, in fact just labourers of all kinds, iv asked in my local archives and they didn't seem to know, that suprised me. Gill |
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Unknown | Report | 21 May 2006 17:29 |
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Gill '. The Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (the Third Reform Act) collectively increased the electorate to 56% of the adult male population.' 'The Representation of the People Act 1918 expanded the electorate to include all men over the age of 21 and all women over the age of 30' history of electoral reform here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#History |
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fraserbooks | Report | 21 May 2006 17:30 |
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It is quite a complicated answer. Under the old system pre 1832 who could vote depended on the constituency. This could vary from just a few people,(rotten boroughs) to all free holders, all pot wollopers, (people with their own hearth) to most adult males. Successive reform acts tried to standardise the situation by adding more categories of men entitled to vote but the early political reform acts took the vote away from some people as well. Voting rights depended on property ownership rather than occupation with generally the head of the household being the voter in the early days. |
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GillfromStaffs | Report | 21 May 2006 17:39 |
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Thank's Helen, Annie That has suprised me. will take a look at that website. Gill |
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