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1830
Earl Grey becomes British prime minister at the head of a Whig government committed to reform
1831
Old Sarum, the most notorious of Britain's rotten boroughs, has just seven voters but returns two members to parliament
1831
The first Whig Reform Bill is carried in the British House of Commons by a single vote
1832
After several rejections by Britain's House of Lords, the Reform Bill finally passes and receives royal assent
1834
The Tories in Britain adopt a reassuring name for an uncertain future – Conservatives
1834
Lord Melbourne becomes Britain's prime minister, at the head of the same Whig administration after the resignation of Earl Grey
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