It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including by the abolition of the twelve separate university constituencies; and for again increasing the number of members overall, in this case to 613.

There was an additional "service qualification" for members of the armed forces and other persons outside the state on diplomatic or other Crown business, and their spouses.

Rules were laid down for the process: for instance each civil parish in an English or Welsh county constituency was to be a separate district.

Where a group of thirty electors felt that they were not provided with a convenient polling place, they were entitled to petition the Secretary of State for a review.

Apart from those resident in the district, there was an additional "non-resident qualification" to vote where an owner or tenant occupied rateable land or premises therein of the yearly value of not less than ten pounds.

[citation needed] Part III of the act set new limits for the expenses that candidates were permitted to pay their election agent.

[citation needed] Each candidate was allowed to send an election address to each elector post free, and was entitled to the use of a room in a publicly funded school in which to hold meetings.

With the reorganisation of constituencies in the county by the act, the City lost its special position, being combined with Westminster in a single electoral division.

[citation needed] The final part of the act listed the duties of the registration officer and established an appeals procedure for persons excluded from the register.

[citation needed] Schedule I set out the names, number and constitution of the constituencies, which replaced those created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo.

In a few counties where there had been an exceptional increase in the electorate since 1918, additional constituencies had been created for the 1945 general election by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo.