Democracy may be defined as a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under an electoral system free. In this regard, it can be argued that the Great Reform Act of 1832 did not move Britain towards democracy, because the electoral system was not made free and power was not fully vested in the people. The Great Reform Act, however, sparked the introduction of other crucial reforms that gradually made Britain a more democratic country, such as the Representation of the People Act of 1918, which introduced women into the electorate for office. first time in British history. Therefore, it is justified to assert that the Great Reform Act was indeed the key turning point because, although it did not expand the right to vote as much as some of the other laws did, it provided the basis on which a more democratic and representative government was founded. established. The Reform Act of 1832 was the first major attempt to change the static parliamentary system since the 16th century; it was the beginning of the evolution of British politics. The Act changed the franchise in borough and county constituencies and as a result it resulted in an increase in the number of voters from 478,000 to 813,000; which grew further as wealth increased and more men owned enough property to be able to vote. The redistribution of 143 seats allowed industrial boroughs such as Manchester and Sheffield to gain an MP for the first time ever and subsequently the number of seats increased. urban middle-class voters now recognized and admitted into the political system. In contrast, the monarch's influence in politics declined due to the Reform Act, as there were fewer s...... middle of paper ......ics 1830-1852, Macmillan Education LTD, 1989 .Wood, Anthony, Nineteenth-century Britain 1815-1914, Longman Group Limited, 1960. Lang, Sean, Parliamentary Reform, Routledge, 1999. Wright, DG, Democracy and Reform 1815-1885, Longman Group Limited, 1970. Evans, Eric J, Britain before the Reform Act: Politics and Society 1815-1832, Longman, Group Limited, 1989. Lowe, Norman, Mastering Modern British History, Macmillan Education Ltd, 1984. Cole Matt and Hartley Debbie , 1832 An Unseen Advance for Democracy?, Modern History Review, September 1990. The 1832 Great Reform Act, http://history.edjakeman.com/2010/09/1832-great-reform-act.html, accessed February 28 2011. Walton, John, Impact of the Second Reform Act, http://www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/tshreve/apwebpage/readings/secondreformbill.html, September 31, 1998, accessed February 23 2011.