Municipal Franchise Act 1869 Explained

Short Title:Municipal Corporation (Elections) Act 1869[1]
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act to shorten the Term of Residence required as a Qualification for the Municipal Franchise, and to make provision for other purposes.
Year:1869
Citation:32 & 33 Vict. c. 55
Territorial Extent:England and Wales[2]
Royal Assent:2 August 1869
Repeal Date:31 December 1882[3]
Repealing Legislation:Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s 5 & Sch 1, Pt 1
Status:repealed

The Municipal Corporation (Elections) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 55), sometimes called the Municipal Franchise Act 1869[4] or the Municipal Corporation (Election) Act 1869,[5] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Bill for this Act was the Municipal Franchise Bill.[6] Bill 85 was introduced by John Tomlinson Hibbert.[7]

Unmarried women ratepayers received the right to vote in local government elections in the Municipal Franchise Act 1869.[8] This right was confirmed in the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) and extended to include some married women.[9] [10] [11] By 1900, more than 1 million women were registered to vote in local government elections in England.

Sections 6 and 7 were repealed by section 12 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Municipal Elections Act 1875.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of, and the First Schedule to, the Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 69).
  2. Did not apply to Scotland or Ireland; The Municipal Corporation (Elections) Act 1869, section 11
  3. The Municipal Corporations Act 1882, section 4
  4. Glen, William Cunningham. Shelford's Law of Railways. Fourth Edition. Butterworths. Fleet Street, London. 1869. Volume 1. Pages xvii and 557. This name, which appears in 1869, predates the short title which was given to the Act in 1877.
  5. The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), First Schedule, Part I.
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=8rFSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT54 "Municipal Franchise Bill"
  7. HC Deb, 15 April 1869, col 941. Mair (ed), "J T Hibbert", Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1872, Dean & Son, London, p 125.
  8. Web site: Rix. Kathryn. 2019-08-02. Women and the municipal franchise. 2020-10-26. The History of Parliament. en.
  9. Book: Heater. Derek. Citizenship in Britain: A History. 2006. Edinburgh University Press. 978-0-7486-2672-4. 136.
  10. Web site: Women's rights. February 11, 2015. The National Archives.
  11. Web site: Which Act Gave Women the Right to Vote in Britain?. February 11, 2015. Synonym.
  12. For copy, see Fitzgerald. The Ballot Act, 1872, with an Introduction. 2nd Ed. 1876. p 160.

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