United Kingdom general election, 1885


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The 1885 UK general election was from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an extension of the franchise and redistribution of seats. For the first time a majority of adult males could vote and most constituencies returned a single-member to Parliament. It saw the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, win the most seats, but not an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power between them and the Conservatives, this exacerbated divisions within the Liberals over Irish Home Rule and led to a split and another general election the following year.

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Results

UK General Election 1885
Seats Votes
Party Contested Won Gained Lost Net  % Vote % Votes Net %
  Liberal 575 319 - 33 47.4 2,199,198 - 7.3
  Conservative 597 247 + 10 43.5 2,020,927 + 1.0
  Irish Parliamentary 91 86 + 23 6.9 310,608 + 4.1
  Independent Liberal 35 11 11 0 + 11 1.3 55,652 N/A
  Independent Liberal and Crofter 6 4 4 0 + 4 0.4 16,551 N/A
  Independent Conservative 8 2 2 0 + 2 0.3 12,599 N/A
  Independent Lib-Lab 4 1 1 0 + 1 0.2 8,232 N/A
  Independent 6 0 0 0 0 0.1 6,570 N/A
  Ind. Nationalist 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 2,889 N/A
  Scottish Land Restoration 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,359 N/A
  Irish Loyalist 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,869 N/A
  Social Democratic Federation 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 657 N/A

Total votes cast: 4,638,235. All parties shown.

Voting summary

Popular vote
Liberal
  
 47.41%
Conservative and Unionist
  
 43.57%
Irish Parliamentary
  
 6.7%
Independent
  
 2.21%
Others
  
 0.11%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Liberal
  
 47.61%
Conservative and Unionist
  
 36.87%
Irish Parliamentary
  
 12.84%
Independent
  
 2.69%

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