Parliamentry reform of 1832

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How much did the Parliamentary Reform Act of 1832 do to change the system of sending MPs to Parliament?

The people of Britain were unhappy during the early part of the 1800s because they did not have enough of a say in voting and who was sent to parliament to represent their views. During this time there was a lot of corruption and unfair processes taking place in the voting system. Because of this the lower classes of society rioted and protested, hoping to bring change to the system. They wanted less corruption, a fairer vote and more people to get to vote. The Reform Act was passed in 1832.

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AT this time Britain was undergoing the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution is where new machines, powered by steam or water, were invented and built to produce a lot of products at a quicker and cheaper rate than manual labour. Lots of jobs sprung up around these factories so towns and cities grew.  This meant that lots of new industrial towns were built; because they were new they did not have an MP to represent the views of a lot of people. The reform act added MPs to lots of the new cities, therefore representing more people’s views.

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