This week in 1832 | From the Observer archive

The Reform bill, giving votes to hundreds of thousands more people, finally passes through the House of CommonsThe Reform Bill has at length passed the Commons in a manner most satisfactory to its supporters and to the people. In a House of 594 Members, who were assembled on this extraordinary occasion, there were 355 for the third reading, and 239 against it, leaving a majority of 116. This number gives, proportion to the Members present, a result precisely the same as that of last year on the