United Kingdom general election, 1841

United Kingdom general election, 1841

1837 ← 29 June–22 July 1841 Members elected → 1847

All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Sir Robert Peel The Viscount Melbourne Daniel O'Connell Party Conservative Whig Irish Repeal Leader since 19 December 1834 16 July 1834 15 April 1840 Leader's seat Tamworth Baron Melbourne County Cork Last election 314 seats, 48.3% 344 seats, 51.7% N/A Seats won 367 271 20 Seat change 53 73 N/A Popular vote 379,694 273,902 12,537 Percentage 56.9% 41.1% 1.9% Swing 8.6% 10.6% N/A

PM before election Lord Melbourne Whig Subsequent PM Sir Robert Peel Conservative

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In the 1841 United Kingdom general election, there was a big swing as Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. The Whigs lost votes to the Irish Repeal group. The Chartists picked up few votes, despite their popular support, as voting was still restricted to a small percentage of the population.

Results

United Kingdom General Election 1841
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	498	367			+ 53		56.9	379,694	+ 8.6
	Whig	388	271			- 73		41.1	273,902	- 10.6
	Irish Repeal	22	20	20	0	+ 20		1.9	12,537	N/A
	Chartist	8	0	0	0	0		0.1	692	N/A

Total votes: 593,445^{[citation needed]}

Voting summary

Popular vote
Conservative			56.94%
Whig			41.08%
Irish Repeal			1.88%
Chartist			0.1%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Conservative			55.78%
Whig			41.19%
Irish Repeal			3.04%

Whig MPs who lost their seats

• Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland
• Sir George Strickland, Bt
• Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet

References

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results