1774 British general election

British Parliamentary election August 2019 Kingdom of Great Britain parliamentary no 1768 British general election 1768 List of MPs elected in the British general election, 1768 1780 British general election 1780 All 558 seats in the House of Commons 280 List of MPs elected in the British general election, 1774 1774 10 5 1774 11 10 yes 160x160px Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg Lord North Banbury Northite 3333cc 343 William Dowdeswell from The State Nursery (BM J,1.25) (cropped).jpg William Dowdeswell Worcestershire Rockinghamite F0DC82 215 Prime Minister Prime Minister afterelection Lord North Northite Lord North Northite File:Results of the 1774 GB General Election.svg Composition of the House of Commons after the election The 1774 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Lord North's government was returned with a large majority. The opposition consisted of factions supporting the Marquess of Rockingham and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, both of whom referred to themselves as Whigs. North's opponents referred to his supporters as Tories, but no Tory party existed at the time and his supporters rejected the label. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 5 October 1774 and 10 November 1774. North's ministry pushed for elections to occur in 1774 (instead of the originally planned 1775) in part due to wanting to avoid having an election coincide with increasing tensions in the American colonies.Middlekauff Robert The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 Oxford University Press 2005 0-19-516247-1 New York, NY 267 55960833 Robert Middlekauff At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see husting for details of the conduct of the elections). Results 300px Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 375px 480px Tory #3333CC 61.4 Rockinghamite #F0DC82 38.5 See also List of parliaments of Great Britain List of MPs elected in the 1774 British general election References British Electoral Facts 1832–1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000). (For dates of elections before 1832, see the footnote to Table 5.02). NAMIER, L. B., & BROOKE, J. (1964). The House of Commons, 1754–1790. New York, Published for the History of Parliament Trust by Oxford University Press Category:1774 in politics Category:1774 in Great Britain 1774 Category:Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Category:Frederick North, Lord North Category:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham