 The Act also extended the franchise . In county constituencies , in addition to forty @-@ shilling freeholders , franchise rights were extended to owners of land in copyhold worth £ 10 and holders of long @-@ term leases ( more than sixty years ) on land worth £ 10 and holders of medium @-@ term leases ( between twenty and sixty years ) on land worth £ 50 and to tenants @-@ at @-@ will paying an annual rent of £ 50 . In borough constituencies all male householders living in properties worth at least £ 10 a year were given the right to vote – a measure which introduced to all boroughs a standardised form of franchise for the first time . Existing borough electors retained a lifetime right to vote , however they had qualified , provided they were resident in the boroughs in which they were electors . In those boroughs which had freemen electors , voting rights were to be enjoyed by future freemen as well provided their <unk> was acquired through birth or apprenticeship and they too were resident . 
