British general election, 1796

Great Britain general election, 1796

1790 ← 25 May to 29 June 1796 → 1801 (co-option)

→ Members elected

All 558 seats of the House of Commons 280 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader William Pitt Charles James Fox Party Pittites Whig Leader's seat Cambridge University Westminster Seats won - - Popular vote - - Percentage - -

Prime Minister before election William Pitt Tory Subsequent PM William Pitt Tory

William Pitt
Tory

William Pitt
Tory

The British general election, 1796, returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801. The members in office in Great Britain at the end of 1800 continued to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom 1801–1802.

Great Britain had been at war with France since 1792. The Prime Minister since 1783, William Pitt the Younger, led a broad wartime coalition of Whig and Tory politicians.

The principal opposition to Pitt was a relatively weak faction of Whigs, led by Charles James Fox. For four years after 1797 opposition attendance at Westminster was sporadic as Fox pursued a strategy of secession from Parliament. Only a small group, led by George Tierney, had attended frequently to oppose the ministers. As Foord observes "only once did the minority reach seventy-five, and it was often less than ten".

The period between the first and last returns was 25 May–29 June 1796.

Key to categories in the following tables: BC - Borough/Burgh constituencies, CC - County constituencies, UC - University constituencies, Total C - Total constituencies, BMP - Borough/Burgh Members of Parliament, CMP - County Members of Parliament, UMP - University Members of Parliament.

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