Key milestones in the widening of the franchise (Edexcel A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Suffrage
Suffrage
The ability/right to vote in public elections
Year of Great Reform Act
Year of Great Reform Act
1832
1832 Act: property value to vote
1832 Act: property value to vote
£10
1832 Act: men added to electorate
1832 Act: men added to electorate
About 300,000 men
Rotten boroughs
Rotten boroughs
Areas with very few voters that still elected MPs
1918 Act: voting age for men
1918 Act: voting age for men
21
1918 Act: voting age for women
1918 Act: voting age for women
30 (with property qualifications)
1918 Act: women enfranchised
1918 Act: women enfranchised
8.4 million women
1918 Act: main focus
1918 Act: main focus
Class and gender
1928 Act: women's voting age
1928 Act: women's voting age
21 (regardless of property)
Year universal suffrage over 21 achieved
Year universal suffrage over 21 achieved
1928
1969 Act: new voting age
1969 Act: new voting age
18
Year voting age lowered to 18
Year voting age lowered to 18
1969