1835 United Kingdom general election

none August 2024 May 2014 1835 United Kingdom general election United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland parliamentary no 1832 United Kingdom general election 1832 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1832 1837 United Kingdom general election 1837 611,137 All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 elected members 1835 1 6 1835 2 6 yes William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg 160x160px Viscount Melbourne House of Lords 16 July 1834 Whigs (British political party) 483 seats, 70.8%Pact Combined 1832 result for Whigs and Irish Repeal 385Whig Includes 154 members elected unopposed. 98 349,868Contest Voting took place in just 383 of 658 seats. The other 275 MPs were unopposed. 57.2% 13.6 pp Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg Sir Robert Peel 19 December 1834 Tamworth Conservative Party (UK) 175 seats, 29.2% 273Con Includes 121 members elected unopposed. 98 261,269Contest 42.8% 13.6 pp United Kingdom general election 1835.svg 330px Colours denote the winning partyDarker colours and stripes indicate multiple seat constituencies. Prime Minister Prime Minister afterelection Sir Robert Peel Conservative Party (UK) Viscount Melbourne Whigs (British political party) File:1835 UK GE Composition diagram.svg Composition of the House of Commons after the election The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority. Under the terms of the Lichfield House Compact the Whigs had entered into an electoral pact with the Irish Repeal Association of Daniel O'Connell, which had contested the previous election as a separate party. The Radicals were also included in this alliance. none 1831 1832 1835 1837 1841 Dates of election The eleventh United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 19 February 1835, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. At this period there was not one election day. After receiving a writ (a royal command) for the election to be held, the local returning officer fixed the election timetable for the particular constituency or constituencies he was concerned with. Polling in seats with contested elections could continue for many days. The general election took place between January and February 1835. The first nomination was on 5 January, with the first contest on 6 January and the last contest on 6 February 1835. It was usual for polling in the university constituencies and in Orkney and Shetland to take place about a week after other seats. Disregarding contests in the Universities and Orkney and Shetland, the last poll was on 27 January 1835. Peel ran a minority Conservative government until 8 April 1835, after being unable to form a majority. Melbourne subsequently became Prime Minister forming a Whig government. Results center|300px UK General Election 1835 Whigs (British political party) 538 385 −56 349,868 57.25 58.51 −9.7 yes 908 Conservative Party (UK) 407 273 +98 261,269 42.75 41.49 +13.6 957 |} Total votes cast: 611,137. PartyCandidatesUnopposedSeats Whigs (British political party)538154385 Conservative Party (UK)407121273 Total 945 275 658 Voting summary Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Whig Whigs (British political party) 57.25 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 42.75 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 600px 410px Whig Whigs (British political party) 58.51 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 41.49 Regional results Great Britain Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Whigs (British political party) 451 126 317 −91 315,002 57.2 −13.9 Conservative Party (UK) 338 102 238 +91 235,907 42.8 +13.9 Total 789 228 555 550,909 100 England Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Whigs (British political party) 380 100 264 −83 281,576 57.4 −13.4 Conservative Party (UK) 278 77 200 +84 209,964 42.6 +13.4 Total 658 177 464 491,540 100 Scotland Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Whigs (British political party) 52 15 38 −5 28,307 62.8 −16.2 Conservative Party (UK) 33 8 15 +5 15,733 37.2 +16.2 Total 85 23 53 44,040 100 Wales 1835 United Kingdom general election in Wales Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Conservative Party (UK) 21 11 17 +3 10,210 66.6 +12.6 Whigs (British political party) 19 11 15 −3 5,119 33.4 −12.6 Total 40 22 32 15,329 100 Ireland United Kingdom general election, 1835 (Ireland) Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Whigs (British political party)/Repeal CoalitionCoalition parties had won a total of 75 seats and 67.9% of the vote in 1832. 87 28 68 −7 34,866 57.6 −10.3 Irish Conservative Party 69 19 35 +7 25,362 42.4 +10.3 Total 156 47 103 60,228 100 Universities Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change Conservative Party (UK) 6 6 6 Uncontested Total 6 6 6 None 100 Notes References F. W. S. Craig F. W. S. Craig British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987 1989 Dartmouth Gower 0900178302 British Electoral Facts 1832–1999 Colin Rallings Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922 B. M. Walker Royal Irish Academy 1978 External links Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results Category:1835 elections in the United Kingdom General election 1835 Category:January 1835 Category:February 1835 Category:Robert Peel Category:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne