History A-Level
Social composition of parliament
What Social composition of parliament means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The extent to which the Commons became less aristocratic and more professional by 1928, weighed against the persistence of wealth, education and class advantages.
Topics that use Social composition of parliament
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 2 Changing influences in parliament: the impact of parliamentary reform (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Decline of aristocratic power
- Economical reform and the crown
- Growth of the Labour Party
- Party organisation and discipline
- Patronage and the constitution
- The Parliament Act 1911 and the Lords
- Widening access to the Commons
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