After the 1867 Reform Act the undemocratic features still continued. The limited redistribution of seats in the 1867 still left the midlands, London and the north underrepresented in Parliament. The uneven distribution of seats favoured the landowning classes who still tended to influence the representation of the smaller borough seats. The House of Commons was still dominated by landowners. Because of this the franchise in the counties was still based on property ownership and was still restrictive. …showed first 75 words of 577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 577 total…the 60% of adult males who were able to vote, some qualified for several votes: plural voting. This made the system unfair. The electorate was also limited by the residence requirements. Voters had to have 12months residence in the constituency, which ruled out many working class men. And because the registering of a vote was complicated- many who were eligible did not appear on registers because they did not know whether or not they were eligible.