Unreformed House of Commons
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The "unreformed House of Commons" is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain before it was reformed by the Reform Act 1832, the Irish Reform Act 1832, and the Scottish Reform Act 1832.
Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger addresses the House of Commons on the War of the First Coalition
"House of Commons" (from The Microcosm of London, Thomas Rowlandson, 1808)
Old Sarum in Wiltshire, an uninhabited hill that elected two Members of Parliament. Old Sarum by John Constable, 1834.
Portrait of Charles James Fox by Anton Hickel, 1794
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