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Corrupt Practices Act of 1854

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effect on British politics

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    In United Kingdom: Peel and the Peelite heritage

    The Corrupt Practices Act of 1854 provided a more exact definition of bribery than there had been before, but it was not until a further act of 1883 that election expenses were rigorously controlled. It was then that, quite emphatically, parliamentary representation became not a matter…

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