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| United Kingdom general election, 1886 | ||||
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| All 670 seats to the House of Commons | ||||
| 1–27 July 1886 | ||||
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| Leader | Lord Salisbury | William Gladstone | Charles Stewart Parnell | |
| Party | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Liberal | Irish Parliamentary | |
| Leader since | April 1881 | 3 December 1868 | 17 October 1882 | |
| Leader's seat | Marquess of Salisbury | Midlothian | Cork City | |
| Last election | 247 seats, 43.5% | 319 seats, 47.4% | 86 seats, 6.9% | |
| Seats won | 393 | 192 | 85 | |
| Seat change | +144 | -127 | 0 | |
| Popular vote | 1,520,886 | 1,244,683 | 97,905 | |
| Percentage | 51.1% | 41.8% | ||
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Incumbent PM Subsequent PM |
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The 1886 UK general election took place from 1–27 July 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals - led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain. The new Liberal Unionist party gave the Conservatives their parliamentary majority but did not join them in a formal coalition.
William Gladstone's Liberals, who supported Irish Home Rule, and their sometimes coalition partners, the Irish Parliamentary Party led by Charles Stewart Parnell, placed a distant second. This ended the period of Liberal dominance - they had held power for 18 of the 27 years since 1859 and won five of the six elections held during that time, but would only be in power for three of the next 19 years.
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| UK General Election 1886 | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Standing | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | ||||||
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 563 | 393 (316 + 77) | + 144 | 51.1 | 1,520,886 | ||||||||||
| Liberal | 451 | 192 | - 127 | 41.8 | 1,244,683 | ||||||||||
| Irish Parliamentary | 98 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97,905 | |||||||||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1,247 | ||||||||
| Ind. Liberal Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 544 | ||||||||
Vote summary
| Popular vote | ||||
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| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 53.08% | |||
| Liberal | 43.44% | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | 3.41% | |||
| Independent | 0.06% | |||
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats | ||||
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| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 58.66% | |||
| Liberal | 28.66% | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | 12.69% | |||
See also
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886
- The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918
References
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
- United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979
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