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1892 United Kingdom general election
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1892 United Kingdom general election | ||
| country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| previous_election | 1886 United Kingdom general election | ||
| previous_year | 1886 | ||
| previous_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1886 | ||
| next_election | 1895 United Kingdom general election | ||
| next_year | 1895 | ||
| seats_for_election | All 670 seats in the House of Commons | ||
| majority_seats | 336 | ||
| elected_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1892 | ||
| election_date | |||
| <!-- Conservative and Liberal Unionist --> | image1 | [[File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury (cropped).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader1 | Marquess of Salisbury | ||
| leader_since1 | April 1881 | ||
| party1 | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | ||
| leaders_seat1 | House of Lords | ||
| last_election1 | 393 seats, 51.4% | ||
| seats1 | **314** | ||
| seat_change1 | 79 | ||
| popular_vote1 | **2,028,586** | ||
| percentage1 | **47.0%** | ||
| swing1 | 4.4 pp | ||
| <!-- Liberal --> | image2 | [[File:William Ewart Gladstone, 1892 (cropped).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader2 | William Ewart Gladstone | ||
| leader_since2 | April 1880 | ||
| party2 | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Midlothian | ||
| last_election2 | 191 seats, 45.1% | ||
| seats2 | 272 | ||
| seat_change2 | 80 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 1,958,598 | ||
| percentage2 | 45.4% | ||
| swing2 | 0.3 pp | ||
| <!-- Irish National Federation --> | image3 | [[File:Justin McCarthy, 1891.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader3 | Justin McCarthy | ||
| leader_since3 | 1891 | ||
| party3 | Irish National Federation | ||
| leaders_seat3 | North Longford | ||
| last_election3 | *Part of IPP* | ||
| seats3 | 72 | ||
| seat_change3 | 72 | ||
| popular_vote3 | 224,528 | ||
| percentage3 | 5.2% | ||
| swing3 | *New party* | ||
| <!-- PMs --> | title | Prime Minister | |
| posttitle | Prime Minister after | ||
| election | |||
| before_election | Marquess of Salisbury | ||
| before_party | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| after_election | William Ewart Gladstone | ||
| after_party | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| map_image | United Kingdom general election 1892.svg | ||
| map_size | 330px | ||
| map_caption | Colours denote the winning party | ||
| turnout | 4,317,312 | ||
| 77.4% (3.2 pp) | |||
| map2_image | File:1892 UK GE Composition diagram.svg | ||
| map2_caption | Diagram displaying the composition of the House of Commons following the election |
election 77.4% (3.2 pp) The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury again win the greatest number of seats, but no longer a majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won 80 more seats than in the 1886 general election. The Liberal Unionists who had previously supported the Conservative government saw their vote and seat numbers go down.
Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well. As the Liberals did not have a majority on their own, Salisbury refused to resign on hearing the election results and waited to be defeated in a vote of no confidence on 11 August. Gladstone formed a minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support.
The Liberals had engaged in failed attempts at reunification between 1886 and 1887. Gladstone however was able to retain control of much of the Liberal party machinery, particularly the National Liberal Federation. Gladstone used the annual NLF meetings as a platform to consolidate various Liberal causes, particularly the Newcastle meeting of 1891, which gave its name to the radical Newcastle Programme. This programme placed Irish Home Rule first, followed by Welsh and Scottish disestablishment, reduction in factory work hours, free education, electoral reform, land reform, reform or abolition of the House of Lords, and the removal of duties on basic foods. This programme would later be disowned by the party leadership following the Liberal defeat in the 1895 election.
Results
|votes % = 46.99 |seats % = 46.87 |plus/minus = −4.4 |votes % = 45.37 |seats % = 40.44 |plus/minus = +0.2
|votes % = 5.20 |seats % = 10.75 |plus/minus = N/A
|votes % = 1.55 |seats % = 1.34 |plus/minus = N/A
|votes % = 0.51 |seats % = 0.45 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.13 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.08 |seats % = 0.15 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.05 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.05 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.04 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.02 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.00 |seats % =0 |plus/minus = N/A |}
Total votes cast: 4,317,312. Electorate: 6,160,541 (5,614,202 in contested seats) Turnout: 77.4%
Voting summary
Seats summary
Notes
References
References
- {{harv. Haigh. 1990
- All parties shown.
- "General Election Results 1885-1979".
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