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Introduction

Reform Bills or Reform Acts, series of 19th- and 20th-century enactments of the British Parliament that resulted in electoral reforms. The general purposes of such acts were the achievement of a more representative government and the democratization of the electoral process (see Representation). Another aim was the elimination of corrupt electoral practices such as bribery. The most important of these enactments were the Reform Bills of 1832, 1867, and 1885.