Thursday, 22 April 2010

A History of British Democracy




As the country prepares for the forthcoming general election, it is worth stepping back for a moment to consider the struggle that went on for the vote. The key date is 1832 when the vote was extended to a wider range of people.

However not everyone got the vote in 1832 by any means and so we need to look more widely at the history of British democracy to discover just how we got to the situation we are in today. Click here to read more, then look at this site for an interesting diagram about the development of democracy in Britain.

Once you have looked at all these pages, try the Struggle for Democracy quiz on this page.