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1835 United Kingdom general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1835 United Kingdom general election
country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1832 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1832
previous_mps	List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1832
next_election	1837 United Kingdom general election
next_year	1837
turnout	611,137
seats_for_election	All 658 seats in the House of Commons
majority_seats	330
elected_mps	elected members
election_date
<!-- Whig -->	image1	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg
image_size	160x160px
leader1	Viscount Melbourne
leaders_seat1	House of Lords
leader_since1	16 July 1834
party1	Whigs (British political party)
last_election1	483 seats, 70.8%
seats1	385
seat_change1	98
popular_vote1	349,868
percentage1	57.2%
swing1	13.6 pp
<!-- Conservative -->	image2	Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg
leader2	Sir Robert Peel
leader_since2	19 December 1834
leaders_seat2	Tamworth
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election2	175 seats, 29.2%
seats2	273
seat_change2	98
popular_vote2	261,269
percentage2	42.8%
swing2	13.6 pp
map_image	United Kingdom general election 1835.svg
map_size	330px
map_caption	Colours denote the winning party
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after
election
before_election	Sir Robert Peel
before_party	Conservative Party (UK)
after_election	Viscount Melbourne
after_party	Whigs (British political party)
map2_image	File:1835 UK GE Composition diagram.svg
map2_caption	Composition of the House of Commons after the election

election The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority.

Under the terms of the Lichfield House Compact the Whigs had entered into an electoral pact with the Irish Repeal Association of Daniel O'Connell, which had contested the previous election as a separate party. The Radicals were also included in this alliance.

Dates of election

The eleventh United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 19 February 1835, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired.

At this period there was not one election day. After receiving a writ (a royal command) for the election to be held, the local returning officer fixed the election timetable for the particular constituency or constituencies he was concerned with. Polling in seats with contested elections could continue for many days.

The general election took place between January and February 1835. The first nomination was on 5 January, with the first contest on 6 January and the last contest on 6 February 1835. It was usual for polling in the University constituencies and in Orkney and Shetland to take place about a week after other seats. Disregarding contests in the Universities and Orkney and Shetland, the last poll was on 27 January 1835.

Peel ran a minority Conservative government until 8 April 1835, after being unable to form a majority. Melbourne subsequently became Prime Minister forming a Whig government.

Results

|votes % = 57.25 |seats % =58.51 |plus/minus = −9.7

|votes % = 42.75 |seats % =41.49 |plus/minus = +13.6 |}

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats
	538	154	385
	407	121	273
945	275	658

Voting summary

Seats summary

Regional results

Great Britain

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	451	126	317	−91	315,002	57.2	−13.9
	338	102	238	+91	235,907	42.8	+13.9
789	228	555		550,909	100

England

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	380	100	264	−83	281,576	57.4	−13.4
	278	77	200	+84	209,964	42.6	+13.4
658	177	464		491,540	100

Scotland

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	52	15	38	−5	28,307	62.8	−16.2
	33	8	15	+5	15,733	37.2	+16.2
85	23	53		44,040	100

Wales

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	21	11	17	+3	10,210	63.9	+10.5
	19	11	15	−3	5,119	36.1	−10.5
40	22	32		15,329	100

Ireland

Main article: United Kingdom general election, 1835 (Ireland)

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
/Repeal Coalition	87	28	68	−7	34,866	57.6	−10.3
	69	19	35	+7	25,362	42.4	+10.3
156	47	103		60,228	100

Universities

Party	Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change	Total
	6	6	6		Uncontested
6	6	6		None	100

Notes

References

Darker colours and stripes indicate multiple seat constituencies.
Coalition parties had won a total of 75 seats and 67.9% of the vote in 1832.

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