Representation of the People Act 1948

The Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing multi-member districts, abolishing the university constituencies, abolishing plural voting and single transferable voting for parliamentary elections; and for again increasing the number of members overall, in this case to 613.