1857 United Kingdom general election

















1857 United Kingdom general election






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 27 March – 24 April 1857 (1857-03-27 – 1857-04-24)
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328 seats needed for a majority






























































 
 First party
 Second party
 
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.jpg
14th Earl of Derby (cropped).jpg
Leader
Viscount Palmerston
Earl of Derby
Party
Whig
Conservative
Leader since
 6 February 1855
 July 1846
Leader's seat
Tiverton
House of Lords
Last election
 324 seats, 57.9%
 330 seats, 41.9%
Seats won
377
 264[1]
Seat change
Increase53
Decrease66
Popular vote
464,127
 239,712
Percentage
65.9%
 34.0%
Swing
Increase7.0%
Decrease7.9%







Prime Minister before election

Viscount Palmerston
Whig
Appointed Prime Minister

Viscount Palmerston
Whig


In the 1857 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, finally won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative vote fell significantly. The election had been provoked by a vote of censure in Palmerston's government over his approach to the Arrow affair which led to the Second Opium War. Aged 72 Palmerston became the oldest person to win a general election for the first time. As of 2019[update] there has been no person as old as Palmerston to win a general election for the first time.




















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Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Summary


    • 1.2 Seats summary




  • 2 Notes


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Results



























































UK General Election 1857
Party
 Candidates
 Votes
Stood
 Elected
 Gained
 Unseated
 Net
 % of total
 %
 №
 Net %
 
Whig
 507
 377

+53
 57.65
 64.77
 464,127
 +7.0
 
Conservative
 351
 264

−66
 40.37
 33.45
 239,712
 −7.1
 
Chartist
1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0.1
 614
 −0.1

Total votes cast: 716,552.[2][3]


Summary

































Popular vote
Whig
 
 64.77%
Conservative
 
 33.45%
Others
 
 1.69%
Chartist
 
 0.09%




Seats summary




























Parliamentary seats
Whig
 
 57.65%
Conservative
 
 40.37%
Others
 
 1.99%




Notes





  1. ^ Including Peelites.


  2. ^ "Others" are mostly Irish Independent Opposition.


  3. ^ The Conservative total votes cast and MPs includes around 26 Peelites—some reference works claim it was as few as 18.




References




  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989), British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987, Dartmouth: Gower, ISBN 0900178302.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, eds. (2000), British Electoral Facts 1832–1999, Ashgate Publishing Ltd



External links



  • 1857 General Election
    • Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results









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