The London Municipal Reform League was a

pressure group Advocacy groups, also known as interest groups, special interest groups, lobbying groups or pressure groups use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and ultimately policy. They play an important role in the develop ...

operating in the

Metropolitan Board of Works The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the principal instrument of local government in a wide area of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, defined by the Metropolis Management Act 1855, from December 1855 until the establishment of the London County ...

, formed in 1881 by John Lloyd, having a

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outlook. Its president from 1882 was

Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth (1842 - 3 September 1889) was an English barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in two periods between 1880 and 1889. Early life F ...

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Reforming London: The London Government Problem
1855-1900 By John Davis. * Defunct organisations based in London Organizations established in 1881 1881 establishments in England Liberal Party (UK) Political organisations based in London Defunct political organisations based in the United Kingdom {{London-stub

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