United Kingdom general election, 1895

1892 ← members 13 July – 7 August 1895 Members elected → 1900 members

All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Lord Salisbury Lord Rosebery Justin McCarthy Party Conservative and Liberal Unionist Liberal Irish Parliamentary Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894 6 December 1891 Leader's seat Marquess of Salisbury Earl of Rosebery North Longford Last election 313 seats, 47.0% 272 seats, 45.4% 81 seats, 7.0% Seats won 411 177 82 Seat change 98 95 1 Popular vote 1,894,772 1,765,266 149,530 Percentage 49.0% 45.7% 4.0% Swing 2.0% 0.3% 3.0%

PM before election Lord Salisbury Conservative Subsequent PM Lord Salisbury Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 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.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Voting summary 1.2 Seats summary 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External links

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	+2.0
	Liberal	445	177			- 95	26.4	45.7	1,765,266	+0.3
	Irish Parliamentary	103	82	1	0	+ 1	12.2	4.0	149,530	-3.0
	Ind. Labour Party	28	0	0	0	0		1.0	44,325
	Social Democratic Federation	4	0	0	0	0		0.1	3,730
	Independent 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

Seats summary

See also

• MPs elected in the UK general election, 1895
• The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918

Sources

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (Macmillan, 1974)
• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

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:

• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979