The 1832 Reform Act was a turning point in British history and set Britain on the path to democracy; read all about it in this post.
The Passage of the Representation of the People Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4. c.45 (1832) | Stephen Basdeo
How Eighteenth-Century Governments Worked | Stephen Basdeo
What a minister needed to succeed in a political career was, therefore, not the confidence of the House of Commons but the confidence of the king.