Electoral system divided Boroughs and Counties. Voting qualifications

were different in boroughs and constituencies. The vote was only

given to men over the age of 21 providing their property was valued

at L10 or more, or land was more than L2 per year in rent. Seats were

distributed unequally and traditional ruling families usually formed the

Cabinet. Furthermore, bribery and corruption were widespread and

only the minority of the population were entitled to vote. At this time

There was no form of a basic education for the population masses and

There was still a lot of power lying within the House of Lords and not

With elected officials. A certain degree of money was necessary to

Stand for election because this was not a paying job, which, as a

Result stopped vast numbers of people standing for election because

The did not have the finances to support themselves. Nor were they

able to afford to stand for election as due to bribery and corruption,

the poor stood no chance of winning as they did not have the money

to provide voters with what they wanted in return for their support.

At the end of this period women were still not equal to men. There

then they are not proving themselves worthy of the vote and say in

value. MP's were still unevenly distributed, with too many in the

division of the Boroughs and Counties. This act also meant that party

allow people to object but not have to pay for their decision in as

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