History A-Level
Parliamentary reform legislation
What Parliamentary reform legislation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Parliamentary reform legislation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Representation of the People Acts of 1832, 1867, 1884, 1918 and 1928 widened the franchise step by step.
Topics that use Parliamentary reform legislation
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 1 Reform of parliament (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Failed reform and resistance
- Legislative change
- Pressure and resistance
- Problems of representation
- Democratisation and its limits
- Extent of democratisation
- Franchise and representation
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