Tag: why did people want to vote?

The 1835 Municipal Corporations Act was a logical step in the reform of the constitution. There were about 250 of these towns, each of which had received a Royal Charter at some time in the past to have its council or corporation. There were great variations in how the corporations were chosen and how they functioned but in over 180 of them, only the members of the Corporation were allowed to vote. Normally they re-elected themselves or brought friends and relatives onto the council. The Commission found generally that power was held by a small number of people because so few townsfolk could vote. They also found evidence of corruption with the council members becoming rich at the expense of the town's inhabitants. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, the Court of Session Act 1839 was repealed, in 1848 Public Health Act was passed and in 1898, the Libraries Offences Act was passed. Hence, these are incorrect. 

The Metropolitan Police Act was passed in 1829, leading to the creation of the Metropolitan Police Force for London that same year.

The Ballot Act 1872 introduced the secret ballot for parliamentary and local elections in the United Kingdom, protecting voters from intimidation.

The Bow Street Horse Patrol was established in 1805 to help combat highway robbery in the areas surrounding London.

Charles Booth's landmark social survey, 'Life and Labour of the People in London', which focused on poverty in the East End, began in 1886 and was published in its first full form in 1889.

Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the Conservative Party won the general election in 1979.

The Municipal Corporations Act was a landmark piece of legislation passed by the British Parliament in 1835. It reformed the internal structure of local government in England and Wales.

Pentonville Prison was opened in 1842 as a model for the separate system of imprisonment. It was designed to reform prisoners through isolation and reflection.

Sampson Kempthorne (1809–1873) was an English architect who specialised in the design of workhouses, before his emigration to New Zealand. Kempthorne came up with two designs – the square plan and the hexagonal or "Y" plan – both contained sections for the different types of inmates (men, women, boys, girls, infirm). The space between different wings was used to provide areas where inmates could exercise – segregated from the other groups. Kempthorne designed workhouses in Abingdon, Andover, Bath, Crediton, Hastings, and Newhaven. Hence, Option A is correct.

The Old Age Pensions Act was passed in 1908 as part of the Liberal welfare reforms. It provided a small pension for people over the age of 70.