Reform Bill: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	June 4, 1832 • 1884 - 1885 • 1867
Location	United Kingdom

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Map of England showing county-level changes in House of Commons membership resulting from the Reform Act of 1832. Counties are color-coded: dark green for those that gained six or more seats, light green for those that gained five or fewer, gray for unchanged, light brown for those that lost five or fewer, and dark brown for those that lost six or more seats. Specific seat changes are labeled by county.

Hear about a banner created in 2015 by Paula Stevens-Hoare depicting the history behind the Reform Act of 1832 and the role of Prime Minister Earl Grey

Witness the original documents of the Great Reform Act 1832, the Second Reform Act of 1867, the Third Reform Act of 1884, the Representation of the People Act 1918, and the 1928 Equal Franchise Act, in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives

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Key People

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

prime minister of United Kingdom

Thomas Phillips: 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

prime minister of United Kingdom

John Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

prime minister of United Kingdom