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The act extended the 1867 concessions from the Borough s to the countryside. All men paying an annual rental of £10 or all those holding land valued at £10 now had the vote. The British electorate now totaled over 5,500,000. An Act a year later redistributed constituencies, giving more representation to urban areas (especially London ). The 1884 Reform Act sought to enfranchise the morally worthy and industrious. Athough the size of the electorate was widened considerably, 40% of adult males were still without the vote at the time. |