1892 United Kingdom general election


















United Kingdom general election, 1892







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First party
Second party
 

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William Ewart Gladstone crop.jpg
Leader

Marquess of Salisbury

William Ewart Gladstone
Party

Conservative & Lib. Unionist

Liberal
Leader since
April 1881
April 1880
Leader's seat

House of Lords

Midlothian
Last election
393 seats, 51.4%
191 seats, 41.8%
Seats won

314
272
Seat change

Decrease79

Increase80
Popular vote

2,028,586
1,958,598
Percentage

47.0%
45.4%
Swing

Decrease4.4%

Increase0.2%

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

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Ireland yesterday and today (1909) (14587063449) (cropped).jpg
Leader

Justin McCarthy

John Redmond
Party

Irish National Federation

Irish National League
Leader since
1891
1891
Leader's seat

North Longford

Waterford City
Last election

Part of IPP

Part of IPP
Seats won
72
9
Seat change

Increase72

Increase9
Popular vote
224,528
67,119
Percentage
5.2%
1.3%
Swing

New party

New party




United Kingdom general election 1892.svg
Colours denote the winning party








Prime Minister before election

Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative



Appointed Prime Minister

William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal




The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election. The Liberal Unionists who had previously supported the Conservative government saw their vote and seat numbers go down.


Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well. As the Liberals did not have a majority on their own, Salisbury refused to resign on hearing the election results and waited to be defeated in a vote of no confidence on 11 August. Gladstone formed a minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support.


The Liberals had engaged in failed attempts at reunification between 1886 and 1887. Gladstone however was able to retain control of much of the Liberal party machinery, particularly in the form of the constituency organisation known as the National Liberal Federation. Gladstone used the annual NLF meetings as a platform to consolidate various Liberal causes, particularly the Newcastle meeting of 1891, which gave its name to the radical Newcastle programme. This programme placed Irish Home Rule first, followed by Welsh and Scottish disestablishment, reduction in factory work hours, free education, electoral reform, land reform, reform or abolition of the House of Lords, and the removal of duties on basic foods. This programme would later be disowned by the party leadership following the Liberal defeat in the 1895 election (Haigh 1990, p. 259).


The election also saw the election of Britain's first Asian MP, with Dadabhai Naoroji being elected for Finsbury Central (The Guardian 2013).





















Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Voting summary


    • 1.2 Seats summary




  • 2 See also


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Results
































































































































































































UK General Election 1892

Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
 

Conservative & Lib. Unionist

Lord Salisbury
606
314
21
100
−79
46.87
46.99
2,028,586
−4.4
 

Liberal

William Ewart Gladstone
535
271
98
19
+79
40.44
45.37
1,958,598
+0.2
 

Irish National Federation

Justin McCarthy
85
72


+72
10.75
5.20
224,528

N/A
 

Irish National League

John Redmond
44
9


+9
1.34
1.55
67,119

N/A
 

Independent Labour

N/A
9
3
3
0
+3
0.45
0.51
22,198

N/A
 

Ind. Conservative

N/A
4
0
0
0
0
0
0.13
5,556

N/A
 

Independent Liberal

N/A
6

1

1
0
+1
0.15
0.08
3,572

N/A
 

Scottish Trades Councils

Chisholm Robertson
4
0
0
0
0
0
0.05
2,313

N/A
 

Independent Nationalist

N/A
2
0
0
0
0
0
0.05
2,180

N/A
 

Scottish Parliamentary Labour

Keir Hardie
3
0
0
0
0
0
0.04
1,866

N/A
 

Social Democratic Federation

H. M. Hyndman
2
0
0
0
0
0
0.02
659

N/A
 

Independent

N/A
3
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
137

N/A



Voting summary





















































Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
46.99%
Liberal
45.37%
Irish National Federation
5.20%
Irish National League
1.55%
Independent Labour
0.51%
Independent Conservative
0.13%
Independent Liberal
0.08%
Others
0.17%




Seats summary











































Parliamentary seats
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
46.72%
Liberal
40.60%
Irish National Federation
10.75%
Irish National League
1.34%
Independent Labour
0.45%
Independent Liberal
0.15%




See also



  • MPs elected in the UK general election, 1892

  • Parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918



Notes





  1. ^ All parties shown.




References


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  • Cawood, Ian (2010), "The 1892 General Election and the Eclipse of the Liberal Unionists", Parliamentary History, 29 (3): 331–357.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Cawood, Ian (2013), "The Unionist 'Compact' in West Midland Politics 1891–1895", Midland History


  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989), British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987, Dartmouth: Gower, ISBN 0900178302


  • Craig, F. W. S. (1974), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, Macmillan


  • "From the archive, 26 July 1892: Britain's first Asian MP elected", The Guardian, 26 July 2013, retrieved 2 May 2018


  • Haigh, Christopher, ed. (1990), The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521395526


  • Pelling, Henry (1967), Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910
    [publisher missing]




External links



  • Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

  • United Kingdom election results—summary results 1885–1979









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