1895 United Kingdom general election

United Kingdom general election, 1895

13 July – 7 August 1895
All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Lord Salisbury Earl of Rosebery Party Conservative and Liberal Unionist Liberal Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894 Leader's seat House of Lords House of Lords Last election 313 seats, 47.0% 272 seats, 45.4% Seats won 411 177 Seat change 97 94 Popular vote 1,759,484 1,628,405 Percentage 49.2% 45.5% Swing 2.2% 0.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader John Dillon John Redmond Party Irish National Federation Irish National League Leader since 1892 1891 Leader's seat East Mayo Waterford City Last election 72 seats, 5.2% 9 seats, 1.6% Seats won 70 12 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 92,556 47,698 Percentage 2.6% 1.3% Swing 2.6% 0.2%
Colours denote the winning party.
Prime Minister before election Lord Salisbury Conservative Elected Prime Minister Lord Salisbury Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held between 13 July and 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.

Results

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	61.3	49.0	1,759,484	+2.0
	Liberal	Lord Rosebery	447	177	18	112	-94	26.4	45.5	1,628,405	+0.2
	Irish National Federation	John Dillon	77	70			-2	10.4	2.6	92,556	-2.6
	Irish National League	John Redmond	26	12			+3	1.8	1.3	47,698	-0.2
	Ind. Labour Party	Keir Hardie	28	0			0		1.0	34,433	N/A
	Independent Liberal	N/A	3	0			-1		0.1	3,733
	Social Democratic Federation	H. M. Hyndman	4	0			0		0.1	3,122	+0.1
	Independent Lib-Lab	N/A	2	0			0		0.1	2,348
	Independent Labour	N/A	1	0			-3		0.0	608
	Independent	N/A	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	52

Total votes cast: 3,866,282. All parties shown.

Voting summary

Popular vote Conservative and Liberal Unionist   49.0% Liberal   45.5% Irish National Federation   2.6% Irish National League   1.3% Independent Labour Party   1.0% Others   0.6%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Conservative and Liberal Unionist   61.3% Liberal   26.4% Irish National Federation   10.4% Irish National League   1.8%

See also

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

Further reading

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (Macmillan, 1974)
• Readman, Paul A. "The 1895 general election and political change in late Victorian Britain." Historical Journal 42#2 (1999): 467-493. in JSTOR
• Roberts, Andrew. Salisbury: Victorian Titan (1999) pp 596–604

External links

• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

External links

• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979