United Kingdom general election, 1841

29 June–22 July 1841

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 only a few votes despite their popular support, because voting was still restricted to a small percentage of the population. Only 3.17% of the total population voted.

Results 1
- Voting summary 1.1
- Seats summary 1.2
- Regional Results 1.3
  - Great Britain 1.3.1
    - England 1.3.1.1
    - Scotland 1.3.1.2
    - Wales 1.3.1.3
  - Ireland 1.3.2
  - Universities 1.3.3
Whig MPs who lost their seats 2
References 3
External links 4

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%

Regional Results

Great Britain

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative	439	185	326	42	286,650	52.7	4.5
	Whig	333	83	229	42	256,774	47.2	4.6
	Chartist	8	0	0		692	0.1	New
Total		780	268	555		544,116	100

England

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative	374	147	277	272,755	53.1
	Whig	277	62	187	236,813	46.8
	Chartist	4	0	0	307	0.1	New
Total		655	209	464	509,875	100

Scotland

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	40	13	31	16,356	60.8
	Conservative	35	16	22	9,793	38.3
	Chartist	3	0	0	385	0.9	New
Total		78	29	53	26,534	100

Wales

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative	24	16	21	4,102	53.2
	Whig	16	8	11	3,605	46.8
	Chartist	1	0	0	0	0.0	New
Total		41	24	32	7,707	100

Ireland

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Whig	55	30	42	17,128	35.1
	Conservative	59	27	41	19,664	40.1
	Repeal	22	12	20	12,537	24.8
Total		136	69	103	49,329	100

Universities

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative	6	6	6		Uncontested	Uncontested
Total		6	6	6		Uncontested	Uncontested

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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