The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, who obtained a large majority over Lord Rosebery's Liberals in combination with the Liberal Unionists who now formed a government with them. The Irish Parliamentary Party was split at this time, the majority of its MPs (the "Anti-Parnellites") following John Dillon whilst a rump (the "Parnellites") followed John Redmond.
Results
| UK General Election 1895 |
|
Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
% |
No. |
Net % |
| |
Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
589 |
411 |
|
|
+ 98 |
61.3 |
49.0 |
1,894,772 |
|
| |
Liberal |
445 |
177 |
|
|
- 95 |
26.4 |
45.7 |
1,765,266 |
|
| |
Irish Parliamentary |
103 |
82 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
12.2 |
4.0 |
149,530 |
|
| |
Ind. Labour Party |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1.0 |
44,325 |
|
| |
Social Democratic Federation |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
3,730 |
|
| |
Ind. Nationalist |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
3,429 |
|
| |
Independent Lib-Lab |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
2,677 |
|
| |
Independent Liberal |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
|
0.1 |
1,893 |
|
| |
Independent Labour |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
608 |
|
| |
Independent |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
52 |
|
Total votes cast: 3,866,282. All parties shown.
Voting summary
| Popular vote |
|
|
|
|
|
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
|
49.01% |
| Liberal |
|
45.66% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
|
3.87% |
| Independent Labour |
|
1.15% |
| Independent |
|
0.22% |
| Others |
|
0.1% |
|
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats |
|
|
|
|
|
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
|
61.34% |
| Liberal |
|
26.42% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
|
12.24% |
|
See also
Sources
External links
For an alternative view of the count where each vote in a two-member seat is counted as half a vote (because each elector had two votes) see:
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