This is a chronology of franchise and other requirements over time. * 1835 Municipal Corporations Act 1835 * 1848 Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Act 1848 * 1855 Metropolis Management Act 1855 * 1857 Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 * 1858 Local Government Act 1858 * 1894 Local Government Act 1894 * 1915 Elections and Registration Act 1915 * 1929 Local Government Act 1929 * 1948 Parliamentary and local government franchises made identical. * 1980 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980