The Second Reform Act of 1867 followed the 1832 Reform Act. This Act focused on giving voting rights to more people. This was granted with the Act, but women were still discluded from this. The Act opened up the right to vote for all householders in the boroughs and people paying rent of more than $10 per year. It also reduced the land threshold necessary to vote, allowing more farmers and landowners the right to vote, even if they had a small amount of property. This led to a 6 million people rise in eligible voters, and was described as a "leap in the dark" by Lord Derby, a politician.