United Kingdom general election, 1895

United Kingdom general election, 1895
13 July – 7 August 1895 (1895-07-13 – 1895-08-07)
All 670 seats in the House of Commons
336 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader Marquess of Salisbury Earl of Rosebery
Party Conservative & Lib. Unionist Liberal
Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894
Last election 313 seats, 47.0% 272 seats, 45.4%
Seats won 411 177
Seat change Increase97 Decrease94
Popular vote 1,759,484 1,628,405
Percentage 49.2% 45.5%
Swing Increase2.2% Increase0.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader John Dillon John Redmond
Party Irish National Federation Irish National League
Leader since 1892 1891
Leader's seat East Mayo Waterford City
Last election 72 seats, 5.2% 9 seats, 1.6%
Seats won 70 12
Seat change Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 92,556 47,698
Percentage 2.6% 1.3%
Swing Decrease2.6% Decrease0.2%
Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election

Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative

 Appointed Prime Minister

Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative

The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held between 13 July and 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery. 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 Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative & Lib. Unionist Lord Salisbury 588 411 114 17 +97 61.34 49.20 1,759,484 +2.2
  Liberal Lord Rosebery 447 177 18 112 −94 26.42 45.54 1,628,405 +0.2
  Irish National Federation John Dillon 77 70 −2 10.45 2.59 92,556 −2.6
  Irish National League John Redmond 26 12 +3 1.79 1.33 47,698 −0.2
  Ind. Labour Party Keir Hardie 28 0 0 0 0.96 34,433 N/A
  Independent Liberal N/A 3 0 −1 0 0.10 3,733
  Social Democratic Federation H. M. Hyndman 4 0 0 0 0.09 3,122 +0.1
  Independent Lib-Lab N/A 2 0 0 0 0.07 2,348
  Independent Labour N/A 1 0 −3 0 0.02 608
  Independent N/A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 52

Voting summary

Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
 
 49.20%
Liberal
 
 45.54%
Irish National Federation
 
 2.59%
Irish National League
 
 1.33%
Independent Labour Party
 
 0.96%
Others
 
 0.38%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
 
 61.34%
Liberal
 
 26.42%
Irish National Federation
 
 10.45%
Irish National League
 
 1.79%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ All parties shown.

References

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989), British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987, Dartmouth: Gower, ISBN 0900178302
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1974), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, Macmillan
  • Readman, Paul A. (1999), "The 1895 general election and political change in late Victorian Britain", Historical Journal, 42 (2): 467–493, JSTOR 3020996
  • Roberts, Andrew (1999), Salisbury: Victorian Titan, pp. 596–604
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