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 Third party   File:Justin McCarthy (1830-1912).jpg Leader Lord Salisbury Lord Rosebery Justin McCarthy Party Conservative and Liberal Unionist Liberal Irish Parliamentary Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894 6 December 1891 Leader's seat Marquess of Salisbury Earl of Rosebery North Longford Last election 313 seats, 47.0% 272 seats, 45.4% 81 seats, 7.0% Seats won 411 177 82 Seat change 98 95 1 Popular vote 1,894,772 1,765,266 149,530 Percentage 49.0% 45.7% 4.0% Swing 2.0% 0.3% 3.0%
PM before election Lord Salisbury Conservative Subsequent PM Lord Salisbury Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July – 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	Lord Salisbury	477	340						1,536,100
	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Chamberlain	111	71						358,672
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Lord Salisbury	588	411			+ 98	61.3	49.0	1,894,772	+2.0
	Liberal	Lord Rosebery	447	177			- 95	26.4	45.7	1,765,266	+0.3
	Irish Parliamentary	Justin McCarthy	105	82	1	0	+ 1	12.2	4.0	152,959	-3.0
	Ind. Labour Party	Keir Hardie	28	0	0	0	0		1.0	44,325
	Social Democratic Federation	H. M. Hyndman	4	0	0	0	0		0.1	3,730
	Independent Lib-Lab	N/A	2	0	0	0	0		0.1	2,677
	Independent Liberal	N/A	3	0	0	1	- 1		0.1	1,893
	Independent Labour	N/A	1	0	0	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   49.01% Liberal   45.66% Irish Parliamentary   3.87% Independent Labour   1.15% Independent   0.22% Others   0.1%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Conservative and Liberal Unionist   61.34% Liberal   26.42% Irish Parliamentary   12.24%

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

For an alternative view of the count where each vote in a two-member seat is counted as half a vote (because each elector had two votes) see:

• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979