Municipal Franchise Act 1869

The Municipal Corporation (Elections) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 55), sometimes called the Municipal Franchise Act 1869 or the Municipal Corporation (Election) Act 1869, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Bill for this Act was the Municipal Franchise Bill. Bill 85 was introduced by John Tomlinson Hibbert.

Unmarried women ratepayers received the right to vote in local government elections in the Municipal Franchise Act 1869. This right was confirmed in the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) and extended to include some married women. By 1900, more than 1 million women were registered to vote in local government elections in England.

Sections 6 and 7 were repealed by section 12 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Municipal Elections Act 1875.