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In the 1857 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, finally won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative vote fell significantly.
[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1857 |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net Gain/Loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/- |
| |
Whig |
377 |
|
|
+ 53 |
|
65.9 |
464,127 |
+ 7.0 |
| |
Conservative |
264 |
|
|
- 66 |
|
34.0 |
239,712 |
- 7.1 |
| |
Others |
13 |
13 |
0 |
+ 13 |
|
1.7 |
12,099 |
N/A |
| |
Chartist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
614 |
- 0.1 |
Total votes cast: 716,552. "Others" are mostly Irish Independent Opposition. The Conservative total votes cast and M.Ps includes about 26 Peelites - though other reference works claim it was as few as 18.
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