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Parliamentary Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1780-1885

The terms and impact of the 1832 Reform Act

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  • A2 Unit 3

Overview

New borough franchise, new county franchise and chandos clause.

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Key term

What happened to the smallest boroughs under the 1832 Act?

Key term

Which towns gained members for the first time in 1832?

Key term

What was the new borough franchise?

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  1. 1

    What happened to the smallest boroughs under the 1832 Act?

    Model answer

    Fifty-six of the smallest lost both their members entirely and thirty more lost one of their two.

  2. 2

    Where were the seats taken from the small boroughs given?

    Model answer

    To the large unrepresented towns, to the more populous counties, and to Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

  3. 3

    Which towns gained members for the first time in 1832?

    Model answer

    Industrial towns such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield.

  4. 4

    What was the new borough franchise?

    Model answer

    Occupation of a house worth at least ten pounds a year in rent, which replaced the old variety of local customs.

  5. 5

    What was the new county franchise?

    Model answer

    The forty-shilling freehold was kept, and copyholders, long leaseholders and, by the Chandos clause, tenants at will paying fifty pounds a year were added.

  6. 6

    What was the Chandos clause, and what was its effect?

    Model answer

    The amendment enfranchising fifty-pound tenants at will, which added voters who were directly dependent on their landlords and so strengthened the landed interest in the counties.

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