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The '''Reform Act''' of 1832 extended the Parliamentary franchise in [[Great Britain]] to include most of the growing urban middle class; it abolished 'rotten boroughs' (ancient decayed towns which had a minuscule electorate, often of only one or two landowners, but which still sent [[MP]]s to [[Parliament]]); and it established separate parliamentary constituencies for new industrial towns and cities such as [[Manchester]].

The '''Reform Act''' of 1832 extended the Parliamentary franchise in [[Great Britain]] to include most of the growing urban middle class; it abolished 'rotten boroughs' (ancient decayed towns which had a minuscule electorate, often of only one or two landowners, but which still sent [[MP]]s to [[Parliament]]); and it established separate parliamentary constituencies for new industrial towns and cities such as [[Manchester]].