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    The Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to...
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    The Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that lowered the voting age to 18 years. This statute...
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    The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation...
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    The Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland...
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    In the United Kingdom under the premiership of William Gladstone, the Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3), also known informally...
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  • Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana...
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    The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British...
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    The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following...
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    The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that changed the British electoral process in four minor...
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    Representation of the People Act 1948. Sections 17(2) and (3) were repealed by section 80(7) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Representation of the People...
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    year until 1949. Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, his term was extended until the first meeting held after the May 1949 council election...
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    Representation of the People Act 1948, constituencies to the House of Commons were all reduced to electing one MP each by FPTP. The United States broke...
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    The Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced to the House of Commons in July 2021, and receiving Royal...
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    alteration of boundaries under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972, the area consisting of the counties established by section 1 of that Act, Greater...
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    Islington North (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
    Tollington, Tufnell and Upper Holloway. At the next redistribution of seats by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the constituency was again defined as...
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    provision [Section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998], which arose out of the Belfast Agreement, gave the people of Northern Ireland the right to determine...
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    and Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 (enabled equal suffrage of men at women age 21). The Representation of the People Act 1948 further...
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    The Representation of the People Act 1981 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the provision for the automatic disqualification...
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  • abolished for parliamentary elections by the Representation of the People Act 1948, which first applied in the 1950 General Election. However, plural voting...
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    The Act also extended the Law of England to both England and Wales and made English the only permissible language for official purposes. This had the...
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    long title: An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The short title of the act of the British Parliament is Union with Ireland Act 1800 (39 & 40...
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    Blyth Valley (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950)
    for the UK. The constituency of Blyth was established under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election. Following the reorganisation...
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    The Representation of the People Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law. The Act allows British citizens...
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  • of Parliament: 12. The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1979 increased representation for Northern Ireland from 12 to 17. 1983–1997 The...
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    1950 general election, under the Representation of the People Act 1948 and the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, Scotland had 32 burgh...
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    1918 Irish general election (category General elections in Ireland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
    the newly formed Irish Free State this system was ended by the Electoral Act 1923 and was abolished in the UK by the Representation of the People Act...
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    Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1861)
    under the terms of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which took effect for the 1918 general election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1948...
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  • enacted in 1928 and the remaining plural votes were abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948 so that by and since the 1950 United Kingdom...
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    Woolwich West Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election, the county of London was divided into...
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    Suffrage (redirect from The franchise)
    Representation of the People Act 1948 – removed plural voting in parliamentary elections for university graduates and business owners. Representation...
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