Parliamentary reform : a letter to Richard Freedom, esq. on the re-distribution, extension, and purification of the elective franchise / by a revising barrister.

  • Eardley-Wilmot, John Eardley, 1810-1892.
Date:
1853
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parliamentary reform : a letter to Richard Freedom, esq. on the re-distribution, extension, and purification of the elective franchise / by a revising barrister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    or two of those to which the Reform Bill of 1831 gave One Member. Dudley .... 1851 Population. 37,962 ,, .... 1831 23,043 Increase . . . 14,919 Huddersfield . . 1851 30,880 1831 19,095 Increase . . . 11,785 Ashton-under-Lyne 1851 29,791 1831 14,673 Increase . . . 15,118 Cheltenham . . 1851 35,051 ,, ... 1831 22,942 Increase • • • 12,109 Then take one or two towns to which Two Members were the Reform Act. Bradford, Yorkshire 1851 Population. 103,778 1831 43,527 Increase . . . 60,251 Macclesfield . . 1851 39,048 fj • • 1831 23,129 Increase . . . 15,919 Blackburn . . . 1851 46,536 ,, ... 1831 27,091 Increase 19,445