A new Parliament assembled in January, 1886 (after a general election in November), the new Speaker (Mr.Peel) permitted Bradlaugh to take the oath in the usual way, declined to allow any interference, and the battle was over.

Two years later a general Affirmation Bill was carried on the motion of Bradlaugh, and became law.

When Charles Bradlaugh lay dying in January, 1891, the House of Commons passed, without dissent, a resolution expunging from the journals of the House the old resolutions of exclusion.
THE ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMEN The nineteenth century then will always be noted as the era of steady advance towards democracy, especially in England.

Enfranchisement of the workman, and his representation in Parliament, have transferred the government of the country from an aristocracy to the middle class and the working class, for to-day, alike in Parliament and in the permanent Civil Service, men of the middle class predominate, assisted by those who served apprenticeship in mine or workshop.

The removal of religious disabilities has ended the old rule that confined the business of the legislature and the administration of justice to members of the Established Church of England, and Roman Catholics, Jews, Nonconformists, and Freethinkers now take their share in all public work.
One disability only remains--the sex disability that denies the parliamentary franchise to women.