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| United Kingdom general election, 1859 | ||||
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| All 654 seats to the House of Commons | ||||
| 28 April–18 May 1859 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | The Viscount Palmerston | The Earl of Derby | ||
| Party | Whig | Conservative | ||
| Leader since | 6 February 1855 | July 1846 | ||
| Leader's seat | Tiverton | Earl of Derby | ||
| Last election | 377 seats, 65.9% | 264 seats, 34.0% | ||
| Seats won | 356 | 298 | ||
| Seat change | -21 | +34 | ||
| Popular vote | 372,117 | 193,232 | ||
| Percentage | 65.7% | 34.3% | ||
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Incumbent PM Subsequent PM |
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| 1857 election |
| 1859 election |
| 1865 election |
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives. This election is also considered to be the first to be contested by the Liberal Party - a name unofficially adopted to cover the alliance of Whigs, Peelites, Radicals and Irish Brigade who had previously voted against the Derby administration in the House of Commons that had led to the election. It was also the last general election entered by the Chartists, before their organisation was dissolved.
Results
| UK General Election 1859 | |||||||||||||||
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| Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Standing | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | ||||||
| Whig | 298 | 356 | - 21 | 65.7 | 372,117 | - 0.2 | |||||||||
| Conservative | 394 | 298 | + 34 | 34.3 | 193,232 | + 0.3 | |||||||||
| Chartist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | - 0.1 | |||||||
Total votes cast: 565,500
References
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
- Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
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