Groups from Birmingham have been working with Parliamentary Archives, Parliamentary Outreach and Birmingham Archives and Heritage to look at the history of the right to vote.
Parliamentary Archives and Birmingham Archives and Heritage worked with an adult reading group from Northfield Library, Birmingham to investigate the history of the movement for electoral reform in Birmingham.
By the 19th century, society had undergone great changes but the parliamentary system had not changed with it. Find out more about the need for reform here.
Find connections, past and present, between Parliament and your town
Parliamentary Archives
Parliamentary Outreach
Birmingham Archives and Heritage
Access a trail leaflet featuring the Birmingham sites our groups discovered had links with the history of the right to vote.