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  • 1215 and Magna Carta limits the power of the king for the first time, as the Barons lay

  • down the law with King John...

  • In 1258 Simon de Montfort's Great Council and the Provisions of Oxford gave a small

  • group of 'Commoners' a wider hand in governing the realm

  • Like father like son, Henry tried to back out of the agreement, prompting a civil war

  • De Montfort won, and at his 1265 Parliament called representatives from towns and cities

  • together -- another first

  • Then the 'Model' Parliament of 1295 gave boroughs and shires two representatives each.

  • 1430 and the vote was given to freeholders of land worth 40 shillings or more

  • And the Putney Debates of 1647 saw the 'Levellers' argue for voting rights for all

  • It was nearly 200 years before the Great Reform Act of 1832 swept away 'rotten boroughs' extending

  • the vote to the new industrial cities

  • Reforms followed reforms... followed reforms - and the electorate grew...

  • And in 1918 universal suffrage was finally achieved for men over 21 and women over 30

  • -- a decade later matched at 21

  • Today every eligible UK citizen over 18 has the right to vote for their representative

  • in Parliament

1215 and Magna Carta limits the power of the king for the first time, as the Barons lay

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60秒近くで表現の歴史を振り返る (A brief history of representation in nearly 60 seconds)

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    稲葉白兎 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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