The Reform Act And The Municipal Act

Firstly the House of Lords reform where the voting rights of most hereditary peers was abolished. This makes the UK less undemocratic rather then more democratic. This is due to the fact that the House of Lords as a whole is an unelected chamber and therefore undemocratic, however by removing the voting rights of some

the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament,”. Later however, he did admit that the description of parliamentary sovereignty has changed from what it was in the year 1885 and parliamentary sovereignty has undergone a change.

‘Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850.’

Democracy in the United Kingdom has changed a lot over the years however the definition has never changed. The right for people to choose and decide how a country is run. This essay will help decide whether the United Kingdom still follows that definition of being a true democracy and analysing how this has affected the people of the UK.

in the existing system, the Act started to make Britain more democratic. It introduced more just

Almost all of the leaders in the House of Commons and in some other sections of politics, such as newspapers, called for a reform to the British Electoral System, which ultimately led to reform and the later repealing of the Corn Laws. Numerous reasons were given as to why reform was vital for Britain, a country which was having some difficulties since the Corn Laws were introduced 1815. Most of these reasons were economic, as taxes were high, it hurt the middle class, and there was possibly even some despotism in England. All of these factors led to a commotion in England for a reform which finally came in 1832.

The period of 1830-1931 saw gradual yet largely significant governmental reforms which led to an extension of the franchise from 500,000 to around 21 million. Prior to 1832, Britain’s franchise composed of a selective elite of the landowning class, however the 1832 reform act, although a disappointment in the extent of what it achieved, paved the way for further reform as it brought people together in rebellion (the Bristol Riots). This proved that popular pressure had the potential to be very successful in orchestrating parliamentary reform. The influence of pressure from outside parliament was

William Pitt who was the prime minister who led Britain to victory against napoleon, tried to disenfranchise 36 of the worst rotten boroughs from the smaller counties and reassign their seats to the larger counties who were in need of MP’s. unfortunately, he was unsuccessful as the house of commons voted against it. Reform wasn’t popular among the MPs; this supports the question as it shows that they were afraid of change. This sparked unrest among the public as it was incredibly

The Urban Renewal act was a housing plan the government came up with to fix slum areas for the better part of society. The idea was to rebuild the slum parts into a better living are for the people and a better environment. The government was funding the project to have the homes built. Thus the project in Pruitt-Igoe. This was a common good movement because there were many people in the city who did not have a place to live. The people in the area were unsafe and the project was to build a place to have an affordable safe housing. The housing and people, who lived there, were not being discriminated. They could be any one, black white, American etc. or not to live there.

The Great Reform Act passed in 1832 was brought in due to a number of inside and outside pressures. For example, the fall of the Tories and the economic crisis of 1829-30. Britain pre 1832 was known as one of the most unrepresentative countries. English counties elected 82 MPs-only men who owned property worth over 40 shillings a year could elect these MPs (only the ruling classes.)Boroughs or towns elected 394 MPs-most voters were in southern England therefore new industrial cities such as Birmingham & Manchester had no MPs to represent them. There were rotten boroughs and pocket boroughs- corruption and bribery. In some areas there was no competition about who to elect the local

In this essay, I would like to analyse why the reform of the British constitution is seen as unfinished business. Constitutional reform is when the system of government and how government institutions interact is changed. This has also meant the codification of some components of the constitution in the UK. Between 1997 and 2007, there were a considerable number of constitutional reforms introduced by the Blair governments. These reforms included devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, decentralisation, reform of the House of Lords and Commons, creations of new legislation granting greater freedom and rights within the UK, and so on. However, some of them are yet to be accomplished or in progress related to the electoral and

The main issue is one that affected most of Society in the early 20th century.The main issue stemmed from outcry at The Great Reform Act 1832 which was introduced to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales. Before the 1832 Reform Act most men and all women did not have the vote. This act created a wider franchise but used the term ‘male person’, specifically excluding women. Alternative acts helped to enfranchise new sections of society and gave most men the vote, leaving sex the principal ground for disqualification. As a result, debates about ‘fitness’ for citizenship and the vote, which had previously centred around wealth, property ownership and education, now revolved around questions of gender. It was that women, did not have the right to vote for the men that were in power creating laws and such which they had to follow. The laws and aspects of society which they were made to follow without any say in the creation of them were things such as taxes. Women were denied the vote for many reasons, most being justified by men. Most men and some women at the time, against women gaining the vote believed in Conservatism, they thought that the way the laws were, had been the same for many years, and they saw no need to change something that ‘worked’ for ‘the benefit’ of ‘all’ those in society at the time. it was also a widespread belief that women should remain in the home and take care of their ‘natural duties’, such as cleaning, cooking, etc. Women at

The 1861 Act is widely criticised for being archaic and unclear, it is in urgent need of reform. It is hoped that after the change have

However, the balance of power was not present at this time since the monarch had massive amount of power by today's standard and the House of Lords also had an excess of influence. Obviously all this extra power had to come from somewhere and this is where the deficit comes from within the House of Commons. This meant that the people of Britain are being grossly unrepresented when it came to political changes and decisions, which makes the system as a whole less democratic. The interests of large businesses along with powerful people were being pushed to be represented, but no attempt was made, up until the reform, to help the people be better represented. Not only this but a majority of the people were not even allowed to vote since all women were excluded and strict restrictions were put on which men were actually allowed to vote. The qualifications for men was the '40-shilling freeholder' rule, which was first established in 1430. This is clearly a sign that reform was needed since the current

The 1832 Reform Act was seen at the time to be a solution to an