Great Reform Act reshapes Parliament’s representationJun 7, 1832Labels: Great Reform, ParliamentUK ParliamentReform Act
Anti–Corn Law League launches mass free-trade campaignJan 1, 1839Labels: Anti CornBritannicaLiberal History
Navigation Acts repealed, widening Britain’s free-trade turnJan 1, 1849Labels: Navigation ActsBritannicaNavigation Acts
Liberal Party coalesces at Willis’s Rooms meetingJun 6, 1859Labels: Willis's Rooms, Liberal PartyLiberal HistoryLiberal Party
Cobden–Chevalier Treaty advances international free-trade agreementsJan 23, 1860Labels: Cobden ChevalierBritannicaNat Archives
Second Reform Act expands urban male electorateAug 15, 1867Labels: Second Reform, Urban ElectorateUK ParliamentReform Act 1867
Election petitions moved toward court-style oversightJul 31, 1868Labels: Parliamentary ElectionsElections ActUK Parliament
Irish Church disestablished under Gladstone’s governmentJul 26, 1869Labels: Irish Church, GladstoneUK LegislationIrish Church Act
Secret ballot introduced to reduce coercion and briberyJul 18, 1872Labels: Ballot Act, Secret BallotBallot ActUK Parliament
Corrupt Practices Act sets spending limits and penaltiesAug 25, 1883Labels: Corrupt PracticesUK LegislationCorrupt Act
Third Reform Act extends vote to many rural menDec 6, 1884Labels: Third ReformUK ParliamentReform Act 1884
Redistribution Act redraws seats after franchise expansionJun 25, 1885Labels: Redistribution ActUK LegislationRedistribution
Home Rule crisis splits Liberals and reshapes party eraJun 8, 1886Labels: Home Rule, Liberal UnionistsHome Rule BillLiberal Unionists