who had the right to vote after 1884
Representation of the People Act 1884 The Act extended the 1867 concessions from the boroughs to the countryside. All men paying an annual rental of £10 and all those holding land valued at £10 now had the vote. The British electorate now totalled over 5,500,000. The bill was so objectionable to the House of Lords that Gladstone was forced to redistribute the seats, in another bill:[1] the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 redistributed constituencies, giving more representation to urban areas (especially London).