1895 United Kingdom general election

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1895 United Kingdom general election
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Leader Marquess of Salisbury Earl of Rosebery John Dillon
Party Conservative and Liberal Unionist Liberal Irish National Federation
Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894 1892
Leader's seat East Mayo
Last election 313 seats, 47.0% 272 seats, 45.4% 72 seats, 5.2%
Seats won 411 177 70
Seat change Increase97 Decrease94 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,759,484 1,628,405 92,556
Percentage 49.3% 45.6% 2.6%
Swing Increase2.3% Increase0.2% Decrease2.6%
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Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election

Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative

Prime Minister after
election

Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative

The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 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; most of its MPs (the "Anti-Parnellites") followed John Dillon, while a rump (the "Parnellites") followed John Redmond.

Results[]

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411 177 70 12
Conservative & Lib. Unionist Liberal INF INL
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UK General Election 1895
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist Lord Salisbury 588 411 114 17 +97 61.34 49.25 1,759,484 +2.2
  Liberal Lord Rosebery 447 177 18 112 −94 26.42 45.58 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 1.34 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
Total votes cast: 3,572,439.[1]

Voting summary[]

Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
 
 49.25%
Liberal
 
 45.58%
Irish National Federation
 
 2.59%
Irish National League
 
 1.34%
Independent Labour Party
 
 0.96%
Others
 
 0.28%

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, doi:10.1017/S0018246X98008322, JSTOR 3020996
  • Roberts, Andrew (1999), Salisbury: Victorian Titan, pp. 596–604[publisher missing]

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