 During the ensuing years , Parliament adopted several more minor reforms . Acts of Parliament passed in 1835 and 1836 increased the number of polling places in each constituency , and reduced polling to a single day . Parliament also passed several laws aimed at combatting corruption , including the Corrupt Practices Act 1854 , though these measures proved largely ineffectual . Neither party strove for further major reform ; leading statesmen on both sides regarded the Reform Act as a final settlement . 
