United Kingdom general election, 1841

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1837 ←

29 June–22 July 1841
Members elected

→ 1847

All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sir Robert Peel	The Viscount Melbourne	Daniel O'Connell
Party	Conservative	Whig	Irish Repeal
Leader since	19 December 1834	16 July 1834	15 April 1840
Leader's seat	Tamworth	Baron Melbourne	County Cork
Last election	314 seats, 48.3%	344 seats, 51.7%	N/A
Seats won	367	271	20
Seat change	53	73	N/A
Popular vote	306,314	273,902	12,537
Percentage	50.9%	46.9%	1.9%
Swing	2.6%	4.8%	N/A

PM before election

Lord Melbourne
Whig

Subsequent PM

Sir Robert Peel
Conservative

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In the 1841 United Kingdom general election, there was a big swing as Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. The Whigs lost votes to the Irish Repeal group. The Chartists picked up few votes, despite their popular support, as voting was still restricted to a small percentage of the population.

Results

United Kingdom General Election 1841
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	498	367			+ 53		50.9	306,314	+ 2.6
	Whig	388	271			- 73		46.9	273,902	- 4.8
	Irish Repeal	22	20	20	0	+ 20		2.1	12,537	N/A
	Chartist	8	0	0	0	0		0.1	692	N/A

Total votes: 593,445^[1]

Voting summary

Popular vote

Conservative			50.9%
Whig			46.9%
Irish Repeal			2.1%
Chartist			0.1%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Conservative			55.78%
Whig			41.19%
Irish Repeal			3.04%

Whig MPs who lost their seats

Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland
Sir George Strickland, Bt
Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet

References

↑ British Electoral Facts 1832-2006, Compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, (Parliamentary Research Services,2007)

F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)

External links

Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

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