In the
United Kingdom, the
Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3, also known informally as the
Third Reform Act) and the
Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the
Derby Government's
Reform Act 1867. Taken together, these measures extended the same
voting qualifications as existed in the towns to the countryside, and essentially established the modern one member constituency as the normal pattern for
Parliamentary representation.