Parliamentary reform

• Relied on the support of the Independent Gentlemen and promised to introduce measures to reform parliament
• 1785 Reform Bill - proposed 36 small boroughs should be purchased with electors consent and 72 seats should be redistributed among country and city constituencies
• £1 million should be put aside for compensation the borough owners who would lose their political party influence
• ports like Liverpool and Bristol got representation since they were big and important
• the Bill was defeated 248-174 because Fox, his supporters, borough mongers and placeman killed it