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The Political System, 1866 attempt reform bill - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Increased electorate to 650,000 from 366,000
        approx 18% male population had the vote
    - - Motivation
        
        Cholera outbreak
        
        Stock market tumble
      - Franchise extension in boroughs
        
        Male householders 21+
        
        Lodger £10/year rent - same address 12 months
        
        Redistribution of Seats
        
        Boroughs population below 10,000 only 1MP representation
        
        Larger populated counties, industrial towns and Scotland more representation
      - Franchise extension in counties
        
        Forty shilling freeholders
        
        Smallholders and small tenant farmers
        
        Completely excluded agricultural workers
        
        Smaller increase in electorate
      - Derby: 'Leap in the dark'
      - Still excluded all women, unskilled workers, largely uneducated
      - 1/3 adult male population enfranchised
    - - Established uniform franchise
      - Brought counties into line with 1867 householder and lodger franchise for boroughs
      - Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
        
        Boundaries to make electoral districts equal
        
        Only on MP
        
        23 seats including City of London and Bath kept two members until 1910
        
        40% of men had vote - women still completely excluded
  - - - Edward Smith-Stanley Feb 1852-Dec 1852
        
        Edward Smith-Stanley 1858-1859
        
        Edward Smith-Stanley 1866-1868
        
        Benjamin Disraeli Feb 1868-Dec 1868
        
        Benjamin Disraeli 1874-1880
        
        Salisbury 1885-1886
        
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    - - Viscount Palmerston 1859-1865`
        
        John Russel 1865-1866
        
        William Gladstone 1868-1874
        
        William Gladstone 1880-1885
        
        Gladstone Feb 1886-July 1886
        
        Gladstone 1892-1894
        
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    - - Lord John Russel 1846-1852
        
        Viscount Palmerston 1855-1858
    - - Earl of Aberdeen Dec 1852 - Jan 1855
    - - Ramsey MacDonald 1929-1935
        
        Clement Attlee 1945-1951