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1747 British general election

1747 general election in Great Britain

Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Great Britain
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1741 British general election
previous_year	1741
previous_mps	outgoing members
next_election	1754 British general election
next_year	1754
seats_for_election	All 558 seats in the House of Commons	majority_seats= 280
elected_mps	elected members
election_date
image_size	150x150px
image1	Henry Pelham by William Hoare.jpg
leader1	Henry Pelham
party1	Whigs (British political party)
leaders_seat1	Sussex
seats1	338
seat_change1	52
image2	Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd Bt by Michael Dahl.jpg
leader2	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
party2	Tories (British political party)
leaders_seat2	Denbighshire
seats2	117
seat_change2	19
image3
colour3	FFFF00
leader3	—
party3	Patriot Whigs
leaders_seat3	—
seats3	94
seat_change3	37
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Henry Pelham
before_party	Whigs (British political party)
after_election	Henry Pelham
after_party	Whigs (British political party)

The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and the Tories continue their decline. By 1747, thirty years of Whig oligarchy and systematic corruption had weakened party ties substantially; despite that Walpole, the main reason for the split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were Tories, and the real struggle for power was between various feuding factions of Whig aristocrats rather than between the old parties. The Tories had effectively become an irrelevant group of country gentlemen who had resigned themselves to permanent opposition.

Summary of the constituencies

See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Dates of election

The general election was held between 26 June 1747 and 4 August 1747.

At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the conduct of the elections).

Results

Seats summary

References

British Electoral Facts 1832–1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000). (For dates of elections before 1832, see the footnote to Table 5.02).

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