Tag Archives: Franchise

“To wring the widow from her customed right”: the debate about the ‘widow franchise’ in nineteenth-century Britain

Posted on May 3, 2023 by salmonphilip

Our recent History of Parliament / University of East Anglia conference on ‘Politics before Democracy’ featured over 30 papers on topics ranging across the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting some summaries as part … Continue reading →

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190th Anniversary of the 1832 Reform Act

Posted on June 7, 2022 by salmonphilip

For a 20 minute talk about the Reform Act by Dr Philip Salmon please click here. This month marks the 190th anniversary of the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, one of the iconic milestones in modern British political history. … Continue reading →

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The Scottish dimension (2)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by millerhenryj

Following on from the first blog in this series in January, this post focuses on the distinctive nature of the Scottish representative system before and after the 1832 Scottish Reform Act. Both the franchise (who had the right to vote) … Continue reading →

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