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United Kingdom general election, 1886
All 670 seats to the House of Commons
1–27 July 1886
		First party	Second party	Third party
Leader		Lord Salisbury	William Gladstone	Charles Stewart Parnell
Party		Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Liberal	Irish Parliamentary
Leader since		April 1881	3 December 1868	17 October 1882
Leader's seat		Marquess of Salisbury	Midlothian	Cork City
Last election		247 seats, 43.5%	319 seats, 47.4%	86 seats, 6.9%
Seats won		393	192	85
Seat change		+144	-127	0
Popular vote		1,520,886	1,244,683	97,905
Percentage		51.1%	41.8%
Incumbent PM William Gladstone Liberal Subsequent PM Lord Salisbury Conservative

The 1886 UK general election took place from 1–27 July 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals - led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain. The new Liberal Unionist party gave the Conservatives their parliamentary majority but did not join them in a formal coalition.

William Gladstone's Liberals, who supported Irish Home Rule, and their sometimes coalition partners, the Irish Parliamentary Party led by Charles Stewart Parnell, placed a distant second. This ended the period of Liberal dominance - they had held power for 18 of the 27 years since 1859 and won five of the six elections held during that time, but would only be in power for three of the next 19 years.

[edit] Results

[edit] Vote summary

[edit] Seats summary

[edit] See also

• MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886
• The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918

[edit] References

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

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