1727 British general election

Election in Great Britain Kingdom of Great Britain parliamentary no 1722 British general election 1722 elected members 1734 British general election 1734 All 558 seats in the House of Commons 280 elected members 1727 8 14 1727 10 17 yes 150x150px ROBERT WALPOLE, 1ST EARL OF ORFORD (1676-1745).jpg Sir Robert Walpole Whigs (British political party) King's Lynn 415 26 Henry St John, 1st Viscount_Bolingbroke (1678-1751).jpg Viscount Bolingbroke Tories (British political party) House of Lords 128 41 1stEarlOfBath.jpg William Pulteney FFFF00 Opposition / Patriot Whigs Hedon 15 15 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Sir Robert Walpole Whigs (British political party) Sir Robert Walpole Whigs (British political party) File:Results of the 1727 GB General Election.svg Composition of the House of Commons after the election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of King George I;Nulle Stebelton H. 1937 The Duke of Newcastle and the Election of 1727 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1881092 The Journal of Modern History 9 1 1–22 0022-2801 at the time, it was the convention to hold new elections following the succession of a new monarch. The Tories, led in the House of Commons by William Wyndham, and under the direction of Bolingbroke, who had returned to the country in 1723 after being pardoned for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1715, lost further ground to the Whigs, rendering them ineffectual and largely irrelevant to practical politics. A group known as the Patriot Whigs, led by William Pulteney, who were disenchanted with Robert Walpole's government and believed he was betraying Whig principles, had been formed prior to the election. Bolingbroke and Pulteney had not expected the next election to occur until 1729, and were consequently caught unprepared. They failed to make any gains against the government party. 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 14 August 1727 and 17 October 1727. 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 hustings for details of the conduct of the elections). Results 300px Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 375px 480px Whig Whigs (British political party) 74.4 Tory #3333CC 22.9 Patriot #E2EE00 2.7 See also List of parliaments of Great Britain References 2 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). Category:1727 in politics Category:1727 in Great Britain 1727 Category:William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath Category:Robert Walpole Category:George I of Great Britain