Difference between revisions of "Reform Act"

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-The '''Reform Act''' of 1832 brought about by the [[Whig]] government of [[Earl Grey]]  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]].
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-The government went on to partially reform the local government of the larger towns and cities by passing the Municipal Corporations Act in 1835.
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