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United Kingdom general election, 1895
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The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13th July - 7th August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, who obtained a large majority over Lord Rosebery's Liberals. The Irish Parliamentary Party was split at this time, the majority of its MPs (the "Anti-Parnellites") following John Dillon whilst a rump (the "Parnellites") followed John Redmond.
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| UK General Election 1895 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 411 | + 98 | 49.0 | 1,894,772 | |||||
| Liberal | 177 | - 95 | 45.7 | 1,765,266 | |||||
| Irish Parliamentary | 82 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 4.0 | 149,530 | |||
| Ind. Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 44,325 | |||
| Social Democratic Federation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3,730 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3,429 | |||
| Independent Lib-Lab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2,677 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 0.1 | 1,893 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 608 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | |||
Total votes cast: 3,866,282. All parties shown.
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1895
- The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (Macmillan, 1974)
- Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
For an alternative view of the count where each vote in a two-member seat is counted as half a vote (because each elector had two votes) see:
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