United Kingdom general election, 1832–33

← 1831

8 December 1832 – 8 January 1833 (1832-12-08 – 1833-01-08)

1835 →

All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Earl Grey	Duke of Wellington	Daniel O'Connell
Party	Whig	Tory	Irish Repeal
Leader since	22 November 1830	22 January 1828	1830
Leader's seat	House of Lords	House of Lords	Dublin City
Seats won	441	175	42
Seat change	71	60	42
Popular vote	554,719	241,284	31,773
Percentage	67.0%	29.2%	3.8%

Colours denote the winning party

Prime Minister before election

Earl Grey
Whig

Appointed Prime Minister

Earl Grey
Whig

The 1832–33 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote.

The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since November 1830. He headed the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806–07.

In addition to the Whigs themselves, Grey was supported by Radical and other allied politicians. The Whigs and their allies were gradually coming to be referred to as liberals, but no formal Liberal Party had been established at the time of this election, so all the politicians supporting the ministry are referred to as Whig in the above results.

The Leader of the House of Commons since 1830 was Viscount Althorp (heir of the Earl Spencer), who also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The last Tory prime minister, at the time of this election, was the Duke of Wellington. After leaving government office, Wellington continued to lead the Tory peers and was the overall Leader of the Opposition.

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