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Charles Larkin (1775–1833) was an auctioneer and electoral reformer from Rochester, South East England. A monument in his honour was raised by public subscription in Higham, near Rochester. It still stands, although has been rebuilt twice. == The reforms == Larkin promoted the Parliamentary reforms in 1832 that gave the vote to every householder whose property rental value was more than £10. The act introduced wide-ranging changes to electoral franchise legislation in the United Kingdom. Before the act, certain English boroughs were entitled to send MPs to parliament, while the remaining parts of each county voted as a whole. Although certain individual boroughs had been added or removed over the years, the reform act's most important consequence was the first wholesale review and revision of the list of enfranchised boroughs. Many new-grown towns gained the right to elect their own MPs and many rotten boroughs lost it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Larkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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