timeline
	title Development of Democracy 
in the UK
		1832 : Great Reform Act, 1832 : Reduced property requirements : Made constituencies the same size/more modern : Better representation of the people
		1867 : Second Reform Act, 1867 : Reduced property requirements : Increased seats for cities
		1884 : Third Reform Act, 1887 : Reduced property requirements : Increased seats for cities
		1918 : Representation of the People Act, 1918 : Got rid of property requirements : Permitted women to vote once 28
		1928 : Representation of the People Act, 1928 : Made voting ages equal (women age requirement reduced to 21)
		1969 : Representation of the People Act, 1969 : Reduced the universal age requirement to 18

xychart-beta
	title "Percentage of Men Who Could Vote"
	x-axis [1832, 1867, 1882, 1918, 1928, 1969]
	y-axis "Percentage of Men Who Could Vote" 0 --> 100
    line [4, 10, 25, 100, 100, 100]
    line [0, 0, 0, 40, 100, 100]

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Improve graph - possibly an outdated Mermaid implementation of Obsidian?

Great Reform Act, 1832

• Reduced the property requirements.
• Made constituencies the same size/more modern.
• Better representation of the people.
• The first acknowledgement of what a vote should be worth.

4% of men could vote. 0% of women could vote.

Second Reform Act, 1867

• Reduced the property requirements.
• Increased seats for cities.

10% of men could vote. 0% of women could vote.

Third Reform Act, 1884

• Reduced the property requirements.
• Increased seats for cities.

25% of men could vote. 0% of women could vote.

Representation of the People Act, 1918

• Got rid of the property requirements.
  • All men over the age of 21 can now vote.
• Permitted women to vote.
  • But was much more restricted.
  • Women had to be 28.

100% of men could vote. 40% of women could vote.

This led to the the first Labour government in the next election.

Representation of the People Act, 1928

• Reduced the women’s age to vote to 21.
  • Universal suffrage achieved.

100% of men could vote. 100% of women could vote.

Representation of the People Act, 1969

• Reduced the universal age to vote to 18.

100% of men could vote. 100% of women could vote.