United Kingdom general election, 1885

1885 election

The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November – 18th December 1885. It saw the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, win the most seats, but not an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power between them and the Conservatives, this exacerbated divisions within the Liberals over Irish Home Rule and led to a split and another general election the following year.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Liberal	2,199,198	319	– 33	47.4
Conservative	2,020,927	249	+ 12	43.5
Irish Nationalists	310,608	86	+ 23	6.9
Independent Liberal	80,435	16		1.8
Independent Conservative	12,599	2		0.3
Independent	6,570	0		0.1

Total votes: 4,374,984. All parties with more than 5,000 votes shown.

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