The British acts that widened the vote: the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867, the Representation of the People Act of 1918 and the Equal Franchise Act of 1928. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes an act of the British Parliament on the franchise or the redistribution of seats. It excludes American and Indian acts on voting and information. The group follows the extension of the franchise from the Great Reform Act through to equal voting rights for women and men.
All Franchise and Reform Acts of the United Kingdom
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Reform Act 1832 (Wikipedia)
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The Representation of the People Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45), 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 England and Wales and to expand the male franchise, but excluded women from voting.
Reform Act 1867 (Wikipedia)
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The Representation of the People Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 102), known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time, extending the franchise from landowners of freehold property above a certain value, to leaseholders and rental tenants as well.
Representation of the People Act 1918 (Wikipedia)
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The Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland.
Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 (Wikipedia)
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The act widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men.
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