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The Development of Democracy in the UK

Magna Carta

The History of Democracy  - Early origins to Medieval England.

The Humours of an Election - Hogarth's pictures of elections in the 18th century.

The 1832 Reform Act - The first reform.

Chartism  - the working class movement in the 1940's.

The Second Reform Act including Lord John Russel and Viscount Palmerston.

Lord John Russell - a longer version

Viscount Palmerston - a longer version

The Third Reform Act  including Disraeli and Gladstone.

Disraeli

Women's Suffrage in the UK - the struggle for votes for women in the UK.

The House of Lords and Democracy - the reduction in the power of the Lords and the change in its composition.

Final Steps to Democracy - lowering the voting age and removing plural voting.

Referendums - a history of their use in the UK and arguments for and against.