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1690 English general election

General election in England

Field	Value
election_name	1690 English general election
country	Kingdom of England
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	[1689](1689-english-general-election)
previous_year	[1689](1689-english-general-election)
next_election	[1695](1695-english-general-election)
next_year	[1695](1695-english-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 512 seats in the House of Commons
majority_seats	257
election_date	February – March 1690
party1	Tories (British political party)
seats1	243
seat_change1
percentage1
party2	Whigs (British political party)
seats2	241
seat_change2
percentage2
party3	Independent
seats3	28
seat_change3

The 1690 English general election occurred after the dissolution of the Convention Parliament summoned in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, and saw the partisan feuds in that parliament continue in the constituencies. The Tories made significant gains against their opponents, particularly in the contested counties and boroughs, as the electorate saw the Whigs increasingly as a source of instability and a threat to the Church of England.

Following the election, William continued his policy of forming a coalition government around non-partisan figures. The nominal leader of the new government was the Marquess of Carnarvon, though the Tories were able to use their greater numbers in the House of Commons to increase their share of government positions. Contests occurred in 103 constituencies, 38% of the total.

Party strengths are as estimated by the History of Parliament, though division lists for this parliament are not available and so a precise count may not be possible.

English Parliament of General Election 1690

Summary of the constituencies

See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period. In 1707 alone the 45 Scottish members were not elected from the constituencies, but were returned by co-option of a part of the membership of the last Parliament of Scotland elected before the Union.

Notes

References

Horwitz, Henry. "The General Election of 1690". Journal of British Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1971, pp. 77–91. online

References

Cruickshanks et al, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/parliament/1690 Parliaments: 1690]
Cook & Stevenson, p. 24

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