William Wilberforce2 April 1792
Henry Dundas, Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-gradual abolition over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition
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Henry Dundas, Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-gradual abolition over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition
Grey supports reform plans giving representation to fast-growing industrial towns including Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.
Introduces the Reform Bill, it passes its 2nd reading by 1 vote but is then defeated
The 3rd Reform Bill is passed. The franchise is extended to the upper middle class. Constituencies are created in new towns, rotten & pocket boroughs abolished
The Representation of the People Act 1832, increases the number of individuals entitled to vote, increasing the size of the electorate by 50-80%, and allowing a total of one out of six adult males to vote, in a population of some 14 million.
Proposes enfranchising œ6 occupiers in the Boroughs & œ10 occupiers in the counties. Despite Palmerstons electoral proposals legislation is not passed
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