Did the 1832 Reform Act Make Any Major Changes In the Structure of British Politics?

... supports the idea of a key victory for the disenfranchised majority of British citizens and the first sign that the grip of the aristocracy on the state being weakened. Alternatively, it can be viewed as something of a non-entity, an act designed to appease the increasingly discontented masses. This line of argument suggests that the act in many ways strengthened the existing system, splitting and dividing the reformers while re-legitimising the status quo.

Although the extract above, from an article written at the time of the Reform Act, highlights the dissatisfaction that many of the supporters of reform felt, it is perhaps more accurate to see the Act as the compromise between reform (and the threat of revolution) and satisfying the aristocracy. As Eric Evans notes, its major purpose was not to be a "piece of timeless constitution-making" but a compromise born out of the threat of revolution, the Reform ... more.

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