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'The new type of voter was critical to the development of political parties 1867-1900.' Discuss
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'The new type of voter was critical to the development of political parties 1867-1900.' Discuss During this period of time two major political reform took place which considerably increased the size of the new electorate. One in 1867 and one in 1884. With the increase in size of the electorate it was inevitable that there would be a whole new type of voter made. This new voter consisted mainly of the middle class or the more successful working class that formed the new businessman class that had evolved during the industrial revolution. Political parties could no longer control the votes as they did before the acts. There were too many voters to all be influenced and as a consequence the political parties of Britain needed to change to suit the new type of voter. Both the conservative and liberal parties made radical changes to the party system and even allowed...
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