Documents on the Nineteenth Century United Kingdom Constitution: Volume I: Reform

Volume I: ReformGeneral IntroductionVolume 1 IntroductionPart 1. 1776 - 18321. John Wilkes:Parliamentary Reform 2. John Cartwright, Take Your Choice! Representation and Respect, Imposition and Contempt3. William Pitt:Reform of the Franchise 4. William Pitt:Reform of the Franchise 5. Thomas Spence, The Constitution of Spenconia,6. Jeremy Bentham, Parliamentary Reform Catechism7. William Cobbett, To the Journeymen of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland 8. Lord John Russell:Parliamentary Reform 9. Sir Robert Peel MP:Parliamentary Reform 10. Duke of Wellington:Parliamentary Reform 11. Henry Hunt:Rights of Women 12. Reform Act, 1832Part 2. 1832 - 188413. Petition Agreed to at the Crown and Anchor meeting, 28 February 183714. George Grote:The Ballot 15. Marion Reid:A Plea For Woman 16. Benjamin Disraeli:Reform 17. Edward Baines:Borough Franchise Bill 18. William Gladstone:Borough Franchise Bill 19. William Gladstone:Representation of the People Bill 20. Mrs Bodichon Reasons for the Enfranchisement of Women21. J. S. Mill:Suffrage 22. Reform Act, 186723. George Eliot:(Fictitious) Address to Working Men, by "Felix Holt" 24. Thomas Hare:Machinery of Representation 25. The Ballot Act, 187226. Millicent Fawcett:Women s Suffrage 27. W. E. Gladstone:Representation of the People Amendment Bill 28. Representation of the People Act 1884Part 3. 1884-192829. Albert Venn Dicey:Ought the Referendum to be Introduced into England? 30. Mrs Pankhurst:The Importance of the Vote 31. John Humphreys:A Study in Methods of Election 32. Lord Balfour of Burleigh:Reference to the People Bill 33. Earl of Crewe:Reference to the People Bill 34. Violet Markham:Woman s Sphere 35. Joseph Compton-Rickett:Representation of the People (Women) Bill 36. Philip Snowden:Representation of the People (Women) Bill 37. Conference on Electoral Reform, Letter from Mr. Speaker to the Prime Minister38. Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 191839. Representation of the People Act 191840. Sir William Joynson Hicks:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 41. Brigadier-General Sir George Cockerill:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 42. Ellen Wilkinson:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 43. Margaret Bondfield:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 44. Viscountess (Nancy) Astor:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 45. Stanley Baldwin:Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill 46. Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928, Polling Districts and Places47. Virginia Woolf:A Room of One s Own Index

This volume explores constitutional reform, and in particular expansions in the franchise. It presents evidence covering the origins of these transitions and the subsequent development of demands for reform. It also deals with other changes such as the secret ballot. The volume examines accounts of the debates that took place about the merits of reform and the form it should take if enacted. It includes evidence of the party-political considerations and tactical motivations leading to reforms; and the way in which various individuals and groups received them once enacted. The volume also presents evidence of the limits of change and the persistence of certain traditional aspects of the constitution.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Introduction to Volume I: Reform -- Part 1 1776-1832 -- 1 'Parliamentary Reform' -- 2 Extracts from Take Your Choice! Representation and Respect, Imposition and Contempt -- 3 'Reform of the Franchise' -- 4 'Reform of the Franchise' -- 5 Extracts from The Constitution of Spenconia -- 6 Extracts from Parliamentary Reform Catechism -- 7 Extracts from To the Journeymen of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland -- 8 'Parliamentary Reform' -- 9 'Parliamentary Reform' -- 10 'Parliamentary Reform' -- 11 'Rights of Women' -- 12 Reform Act, 1832 -- Part 2 1832-1884 -- 13 Petition Agreed to at the Crown and Anchor Meeting -- 14 'The Ballot' -- 15 A Plea for Woman -- 16 'Reform' -- 17 'Borough Franchise Bill' -- 18 'Borough Franchise Bill' -- 19 'Representation of the People Bill' -- 20 Reasons for the Enfranchisement of Women -- 21 'Suffrage' -- 22 Reform Act, 1867 -- 23 [Fictitious] Address to Working Men, by "Felix Holt" -- 24 Machinery of Representation -- 25 The Ballot Act, 1872 -- 26 Women's Suffrage -- 27 'Representation of the People Amendment Bill' -- 28 Representation of the People Act, 1884 -- Part 3 1884-1928 -- 29 'Ought the Referendum to be Introduced Into England?' -- 30 The Importance of the Vote -- 31 'Chapter VI: Proportional Representation' -- 32 'Reference to the People Bill' -- 33 'Reference to the People Bill' -- 34 Woman's Sphere -- 35 'Representation of the People (Women) Bill' -- 36 'Representation of the People (Women) Bill' -- 37 Conference on Electoral Reform (All-Party Talks on Electoral Matters) -- 38 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act, 1918 -- 39 Representation of the People Act, 1918 -- 40 'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill' -- 41 'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill'.