History A-Level
Widening access to the Commons
What Widening access to the Commons means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Widening access to the Commons
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The abolition of the property qualification in 1858 let men without landed wealth stand, and payment of MPs in 1911 let working men serve.
Topics that use Widening access to the Commons
- 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)
Related terms
- Decline of aristocratic power
- Economical reform and the crown
- Growth of the Labour Party
- Party organisation and discipline
- Patronage and the constitution
- Social composition of parliament
- The Parliament Act 1911 and the Lords
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