United Kingdom general election, 1886

1886 election

The 1886 UK general election took place from July 1-27, 1886. It saw a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury in coalition with the Unionist wing of the Liberals won an overall majority in the House of Commons, leaving William Gladstone's Liberals supporting Irish Home Rule a distant second.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Conservative and Liberal Unionist	1,427,627	393	+ 144	51.4
Liberal	1,244,683	192	– 127	45.0
Irish Nationalists	94,050	85	– 1	3.5

Total votes cast: 2,758,151. All parties with more than 1,500 votes shown.

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