How far could the 3rd Reform Act be justifiably called a tur

To a certain extent the 3rd Reform Act was a turning point because not only did it increase the electorate from about 3 to 6 million but also for the first time ever, but also the landed interest was no longer the powerful political class they had previously been. The 1884 Act has been described as ‘the most substantial package of parliamentary reform in the 19th century’. because for the first time in British history, the majority of the electorate were working class in social background. This changed the basis of the representational structure, the system became urban system with rural fringes instead of being rural political system with urban fringes. The gains made by the middle class and working class made the landed gentry suffer because the extension of the vote to agricultural labourers in the countryside, made it harder for the landed g

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