Representation of the People Act 1948

The 1948 Representation of the People Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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It prohibited those graduates of top universities (such as Oxford and Cambridge) from voting for a a second MP, to represent a university constituency and essentially ceased the practice of plural voting.

Related Topics:
Universities - Oxford - Cambridge - University constituency - Plural voting

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From this point forward, those on the UK electoral register were only allowed to vote once, and to vote in one constituency in any general election, and thus vote only once, even if for some reason they were registered in in more than one.

Related Topics:
UK - Electoral register

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