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2 unusual facts about Representation of the People Act 1969


Representation of the People Act 1969

Votes were extended to undergraduate students in their university town following an appeal to the High Court led for the National Union of Students by the Junior Common Room (JCR - official undergraduate student body) of Churchill College, Cambridge.

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This new interpretation of electoral law was made possible by the Labour Government's Sixth Reform Act (Representation of the People Act 1969).



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