William Ewart Gladstone11 May 1864
Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the Government
Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the Government
Supports a wider franchise to include the northern towns
Introduces a franchise for occupiers in boroughs & occupiers in counties
Informs Liverpool the Government is staking its life on the Franchise Bill
1st test of the Franchise Bill, the Government wins the 1st reading in the Commons
The Franchise Bill is defeated in the Commons. Russell refuses to take the defeated Franchise Bill to the electorate
Cabinet agrees to enfranchise 7 pound occupiers in boroughs & 14 pound counties
Secures the passage of the Ballot Act for secret voting ballots
Extends the franchise to agricultural labourers and others in the 1884 Reform Act, which gives the counties the same franchise as the boroughs, adult male householders and pounds 10 lodgers, and adds about six million to the total number who could vote in Parliamentary elections
Parliamentary reform continues with the Redistribution of Seats Act
Extends the franchise
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