The Reformed Electoral System in Great Britain, 1832-1914

Richard Cobden

The struggle for parliamentary reform between 1830 and 1832 has long been regarded as one of the decisive battles of British political history. The Tories lamented that the passage of the Reform Bill meant the destruction of the constitution.

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