United Kingdom general election, 1886

United Kingdom general election, 1886

← 1885 1–27 July 1886 1892 →
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All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Lord Salisbury William Ewart Gladstone Party Conservative Liberal Leader since April 1881 April 1880 Leader's seat Marquess of Salisbury Midlothian Last election 247 seats, 43.5% 319 seats, 47.4% Seats won 317 191 Seat change 70 128 Popular vote 1,103,779 1,353,581 Percentage 37.1% 45.5% Swing 6.4 1.9   Third party Fourth party   Leader Charles Stewart Parnell Marquess of Hartington Party Irish Parliamentary Liberal Unionist Leader since 17 October 1882 April 1886 Leader's seat Cork City Rossendale Last election 86 seats, 6.9% Part of Liberal Party Seats won 85 77 Seat change 1 Popular vote 97,905 417,107 Percentage 3.3% 14.0% Swing 3.6%
PM before election William Ewart Gladstone Liberal Subsequent PM Lord Salisbury Conservative

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William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal

Lord Salisbury
Conservative

The 1886 United Kingdom general election took place from 1–27 July 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain. The new Liberal Unionist party gave the Conservatives their parliamentary majority but did not join them in a formal coalition.

William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals, who supported Irish Home Rule, and their sometimes allies, the Irish Parliamentary Party led by Charles Stewart Parnell, placed a distant second. This ended the period of Liberal dominance – they had held power for 18 of the 27 years since 1859 and won five of the six elections held during that time, but would only be in power for three of the next 19 years.

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