Reform Act 1832
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The Representation of the People Act 1832, also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to reform the electoral system in
Start of parchment roll of the Reform Act 1832, with royal assent of King William IV
Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne, in remembrance of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, abolisher of slavery in the British Empire
Spirit flask in the shape of Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor at the time; he holds a document labelled "The Second Magna Charta."
Poster issued by the Sheffield Typographical Society celebrating the passing of the Reform Act
Rotten and pocket boroughs
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A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom that had very few
Reform Act 1832
…enfranchisement, but later went into decline, and by the early 19th century some only had a few electors, but still elected two MPs; they were often known as rotten boroughs. Of the 70 English boroughs that Tudor monarchs enfranchised, 31 were later disfranchised. Statutes passed in 1430 and 1432, during the reign of Henry…
Old Sarum in Wiltshire, abandoned since the 13th century, continued to elect two Members of Parliament until 1832.
William Pitt the Younger in 1783, by George Romney