1895 UK general election

United Kingdom general election, 1895

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All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lord Salisbury Lord Rosebery John Redmond (INL) John Dillon (INF) Party Conservative and Liberal Unionist Liberal Irish Parliamentary Leader since April 1881 5 March 1894 1891 (Redmond) 1892 (Dillon) Leader's seat House of Lords House of Lords Waterford City (Redmond) East Mayo (Dillon) Last election 314 seats, 47.0% 271 seats, 45.4% 81 seats, 7.0% Seats won 411 177 82 Seat change 97 94 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%
Colours denote the winning party.
Prime Minister before election Lord Salisbury Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister Lord Salisbury Conservative

Lord Salisbury
Conservative

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. This was the first election since 1841 in which the Conservatives won more votes than the Liberals/Whigs. 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.

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

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: