Explain how the Reform Union differed from the Reform League
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The national reform union was based largely on a Liberal party group. It strived to show that the working class and middle class had similar political interests and could work together to achieve: -

Elected every three years

Elected by secret Ballot

Equal distribution of seats

Franchise based on male ratepayers

The reform league was a more extraversion organisation they differed from the Union as the League was committed to Adult male suffrage. Trade Unionists, former chartists and the working class supported them. The league differed from the union as it lacked the wealth and respectability that the union had. These two groups co- existed in the years before the second reform Act.

Other Notes in this Category

1. 1885 Redistribution Act
2. Compare the attitude of the Liberal and Tory Parties to parliamentary reform before 1867
3. Explain how the Reform Union differed from the Reform League
4. How Democratic was Britain by 1914?
5. Overview of Growth of Democracy
6. Reform between 1832 and 1886
7. The Ballot Act 1872, The corrupt and Illegal Practices Act 1883, Representation of the People Act 1884
8. To what extent was the Electoral system democratic in 1850?
9. Why did the demand for parliamentary reform grow between 1850 and 1867?

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